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December 4, 2005
Definition of Human
"Being bodies that learn language
thereby becoming wordlings
humans are
the symbol-making, symbol-using, symbol-misusing animal
inventor of the negative
separated from our natural condition
by instruments of our own making
goaded by the spirit of hierarchy
acquiring foreknowledge of death
and rotten with perfection"
Also by Kenneth Burke. Check out the cool plaques too.
Posted by Steph at December 4, 2005 11:48 PM