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He used Aristotelian terms but misunderstood them, probably because of how we now use "material" in ordinary English. The letters on the screen have form (shap
by ARandomerDude 6y ago
He used Aristotelian terms but misunderstood them, probably because of how we now use "material" in ordinary English.
The letters on the screen have form (shape, meaning) and matter (pixels). The matter of the letter has changed but it still has matter in the Aristotelian sense.
- bovermyer 6y agoI was referring to the tragedy in the author's life.
- oska 6y agoWe don't know how old the author's mother was when she died. My grandfather died of cancer at 79. While it was sad (and I still feel sad when I think of it) I wouldn't ever describe it as a 'tragedy'. Only commenting because I feel this word is overused these days.
- FoundersGrotesk 6y agoThe death of a loved one is almost always a personal tragedy, regardless of age. Overuse of a word doesn’t make it any less so.
- oska 6y agoYou're simply changing the meaning of the word then and also, I would suggest, debasing the complex experience of death by suggesting it is a singular, universal experience of 'personal tragedy'. Everyone loses loved ones and in many cases it is not experienced as tragedy but as death being a normal and essential part of life.