AtD translation: beyond reason

Ian Livingston igrlivingston at gmail.com
Wed Jan 20 16:24:32 UTC 2021


Or, maybe it includes the possibility that understanding outside  the linguistic bounds of reason may, per Casirer, indicate nonverbal languages, such as art. 

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> On Jan 20, 2021, at 2:24 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I think Laura’s interpretation is a positive, but valid, spin on the
> meaning of “against all reason.”  A more literal interpretation of
> believing something not supported by any valid reason would fit with a
> definition of paranoia: Supra-Reasonal.  But Laura’s “instinct” fits,
> depending on this context, because we readers see more than this character
> can, and he is correct.
> 
> David Morris
> 
>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 2:32 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> And perhaps: against reason, until reason prevailed.
>> 
>> Am Mi., 20. Jan. 2021 um 04:06 Uhr schrieb Laura Kelber <
>> laurakelber at gmail.com>:
>> 
>>> Instinctively, in his guts.
>>> 
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