Re: That usual obsession...
Dear Fernando, that is quite an interesting perspective. Wittgenstein would say there is no thinking outside language, so our entire world is based on it. Hence, is there anything that is not metaphorical? Let's not go as far as Chiron... think of Achilles! Who knows if he existed?! But he is a whole set of ideas pronounced in one name. Discussions generally are related, also, to language... we don't know the conditions in which the pre-classic Greeks used to live, and we create a picture of it. I don't think it's bad. I don't think it's good. I'm not judging. What I'm saying is that we are trying to build a truth using layer upon layer of language. Should we reduce everything to a matter of aesthetics? both language and the truth? -this problem touches us deeply: a translation would be good or bad based on the concensus of a society. But we know that there are, for example, correct relations of causality and incorrect ones in a sentence. That is related directly to the usage of the gerund. I hope I'm clear on what I mean to say... discussion is just for the sake of discussion. I understand those people enjoy discussing. I hope they don't think they'll reach a truth eventually. They might build one, though...