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Ideas y Valores • número 138 • diciembre de 2008• ISSN 0120- 0062• Bogotá, Colombia • Páginas 73-92

Rorty the Reormer? ¿Rorty el reormador?

Harvey Cormier*

n Bk ns - Nw Yk, USA

ABSTRACT

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bjc, ps-plsp, .

RESUMEN

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cpbl.

Palabras clave: l Pun, ls Pc, Wll Js, dd,

bjcdd, pslsí, d.

Swi has sailed into his rest;Savage indignation there

Cannot lacerate his breast.mitate him i you dare,

World-besotted traveller; he

Served human liberty .

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Artículo solicitado al autor * [email protected]



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Departamento de Filosofía • Facultad de Ciencias Humanas • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

cuus pnnn uns wld cdc pls-p, s w snss nducs ds “nw” sclgus. T s nw Nzsc, w cllngs lngugnd ug n-lg nd s n jus n l nc; s nw ussl, w s n l snc s nnnl nd lwld bu ls dlps dcn nn-cnl, Nzsc-p, nscndnl subjc; s nw Wgnsn, ws jun l l nkng s n l n pscl ls pscl n-ls bu cplx ns n w ulng u pscl nnsns n; nd nw, pps nbl, nw pgss,w s u s n bjc “gng ngs g” n l w w ppn l c

s, n u culu, s wk.Ts ls cs sns s, b ll, n ck n ds l cd , w k s wn ws upd s scl pgss Wll Js, Jn Dw, nd . . Pc.T nw pgc snss cllng b ’s nn-bjcss u nd s bun s scl g-us pgs, spcll Pc nd Dw. ’s w und nkng sd l un d n s bnss,w n l gunds ccs w nn g cull d s.2 T pgc snss lc bjc und-sndngs u n wk scl pgss, nd k wn nw guns n nn “w ngs, nw” nd “gng ngs g” (c. Msk 19).

In w llws, I sll xpln ’s psn n u–n spcll dfcul ng d, ng s cll cncludd ’s wn wng bjcns ngs d undsnd. I’ll gu ws g lk bck Js,Dw nd Pc s bs nd s ds n ll nc clzn snss nk . En w

k ’s dc nd sp ng dg up n knd plsp-cll usul bjc, wll b jus s uc s lwsws pjc cczng wng cs nd bls nd n g-ng ngs g. cs nd pn u s nd uws l d n nl nssnc n bjc gnss u, nd w cn, wu nkng bjc, d ll ngw dng nd g ll gnss w ng.

1 Expls wk n s ns und llsn (000), Wln (003),

nd d (000), nd Msk (007).

“T l un spn s ng, s Js sd, bu s ds n

ss us n s ps-dn bnss, w u s psn

psn nd culu culu” (Msk ).



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l Pun ds n s b n fcl b nw pgs n, w sn, bu ncpd n cplns. ld gns ’s scl u s und sw ccl dnss b ldpgss nd cn pgc nks lk W. V. Qun.In Pun’s w, ws dng lgcl dl uw cuds lgcl psss d dn l, plcl,nd sc dls; ws xplnng w “nn-cgns” “s” s (c. Pun 1990 4). F psss, ls n spcl psnn, pnuncns “Klp’s Buick s n bs dns ps n Engls”, “s

sc s bn uc pd b ncpn wn”nd “gss cnc nqul s l nqu” qu-ln, spcl, “P, !”, “ wn, !” nd “nqul, www!” T ws nng ll b g wngbu n kng s nl nss, wc culd n b nll cczd, nl lkd, ld, ld, pd, gnd, sup-pssd b ppl w d . nlgusl, sd nk “ lun s u”, ugl nng“lun-lk, wp!”. W j l ppl gw w suc xpssns ppl w dn’, nd s ngnunl n ssu nld , n w judg suc nxpssn b gnunl b ws n “lun-lk,uck!”.

ws nd sng ngs s npn. Fxpl, bsd “s w ws duc bjc sld –cll ‘pgss’– d n qu -pscs n pslg. T w u s, n Wll Js’ps, w s gd us bl” (1991 ). Tnks spcll pss n “us” s sunds lk duc dnn

bjc n s scll l ppl. nd lssd n nc “‘u’ s n n pw wcnull wns ug, s jus nnlzn n pp-b djc” (199 3 & ). “u” xpsss ppl, “u”s jus n c lngug ns nng. M, n snus 1979 psdnl ddss cn Plspclsscn, cld

Pgs s dcn n cnsns n nqu s cnsnl ns –n wlsl cnsns dd

nu bjcs, nd, lngug, bu nl sl cnsns pdd b ks u llw-nqus.(19 1)



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, ppnl, n nl s n ng clld “u” bndw w l s g w w sng; s n wld ngs ll cnsn w w s.

cc lk Pun nks w un bngs d nd nls dn’, dn’ d nl d s wll s w, s think; ndnkng s pusu bjc truth, u bu w b-

jcs ngs ll n wld. Pun ss w suldcgnz n u undnl sl-cncpulzns, n u undnl ‘sl-dscpns’, n ’s ps, s w thinkers , nd as nks w cd bngs knd u, s knd ccnss wc s subsnl ndn l ‘dsqunl’. T ns s n lnng n. (19 4)

T nls cn n s bl nng u. T dnl ps nul, cusl d ngs, nd cn nl bl w bls wld cs u .W un bngs, w, sng dng u spk-ng, wng, nd blng s ducbl pscl cs ndbdl ns. W reason, wc, s swn u us b u dll ccpbl ngs s, ks us bnd cusn – ls ds i we choose b nl. s Kn pnd u, wun bngs cn ls cs jc u nl nd usbc lk nls. us n xpl Pun cus, ’s w Nzs dd (1990 3-4). T bcd s,ls, nd ppgnd ssd nd g w wnd; nd s dd s xuld n dp, dunzngs nd lng wn un bnd. Tus, Pun,’s ud wd u nd bjc nld ng w ws knd l nd nl scknss. N wnd Pun’sn n s ccss ss sd n bl sup-pssd cnp.

II

ds lk Pun k dn xsnc u nd bjc wld; bu ks nl ll cn s bgdnc bwn “ s n u wld bnd w ws” nd “n u wld bnd w w s pus cnsnsn u spkng nd wng”. T l cl s cpbl wu indierence qusn w s u l

wld “u ” bnd u s nd ugs. nd culddl xpssd n xplcl s ndnc n sucnscndn ns. cpd pgss sculss w n ns n png nn-xsnc Gd bu sll wn





sp lkng bu , n plcl nd l cnxs spcll,bcus nk sn’ lpng nng (c. 19 x). dd n ll p nn-xsnc bjc, xnlu, “wlsl” bsc dl u bnd ll u pcul“l” l-l cns, ng s sw cllng us bl nd nllcul gusnss. Insd, gud ws nng b gnd plspcll b ldng n d suc ng. s lg-d “ducn” bjc sld ws d xplcl s jcn pscs ndpslg, n s n ccun w bjc u ll s w ll xss. Insd swng us w is or isnot , ws uc nsd n ng us cnsd wmatters. ws dbng pnc, n xsnc.

O cus, sn g nk pnc dpnds nxsnc, nd ndd uc Wsn plsp snc Plss k s dpndnc gnd. T l p-nn, wc s s pc pc, culu culu, nd d d, s suc l lu. Flng pcu-l “ppncs”, ncludng u lcl nd ns dss psbl ngs pcbl wld, dsc us sbsc bjcs nd us u pcul bds. I w dn’ wn b ncnd s bds dnks –, lss pcll, wwn ng n nd dspl u ls us b nls– w d b p s ll nn s pssbl nld ppncs nd s uc s pssbl pcp-bl bsc ngs, b Pndn, un Tng, u sn ls us s (c. Phaedo 0c-4b). T snn cnu cplcd s s b swng w bscns knwblb sn g nclud s d quantities lk c, ss,n, xnsn n spc, nd lk. T s, g nclud “l” ngs Pl wuld cnsdd ns ndn nl s wll w nkng bu s gd. Bu

dn nls nd nls, nd sll gud u sn, n u pcpns nd ns, ws u nl suc ugs bu l ngs.

undsnds pgs cp w p-cs pss psn dcl n-nls (c. 19 x). Wll Js ls dscbd s cpn wn sd wl pgs psnd “pcs p g-nn”, ls cllngd b “ug-ndd” pcs nd“nd-ndd” nls scls ug (c. Js 197 1).

B pcs nd pgs un u nn bscl unsl pculs nd lcls, spcll pcul xpncs nd dss w n cus lngu cnngn, gubb, dngus, nd pc d--d ls.



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T s sn s pw xld b s cnngncss d s uss n u jun bbs l-clzn,nd xpnc-bsd nd pccl undsndng -nl cn sll b lpul d; bu w dnl cnn nd d nl u nl pcpns ns bnd wn w nk nd spk nngull, w u subjc .

Pgss nd dnl pcss g nl-ss’ s pu bscns knwn sn ln s l nnsns, bu n dn ngs b cl. Epcssn snc lk bu pul bsc s nd pncpls suncnncd w snsn, s s uc sps nd llusn,subl cnsgnn s. Pgss n wpcll nd n ssc use suc lk n u ls pc-

cl xpnc, ls ws lkng pn b uc lpul. Epcss gu nl pcblnd subl ngs knwbl, nd n us ps-lgcl c dg pscl s, kng pnbu nnglssnss nl n supsnsbl ngs xs.Bu pgs llws nngul lk bsc bjcs, gnlpncpls, l subsnc, nds, ngls, n nn-pcbl ngs, s lng s lk lls us xpc s knd gd bd pccl cnsquncs n u l xpnc. s s , Dw, Wll Js cncnd, w usubjc b, w n nl kng sns bu spkngu s lng s w w s lps us l n ssc w.

Tus Pun ws n w g bu n pn w wng bu cllng sn d b . wsndd ckng nls d s un bngs w s b cnngn cuss nd sc dl u bu bjcs. ckd s d s nlss usd n s plsp, nd ls wnd cnn cnp- plspcl ps d u un s w

w g u “us” u pccl ls xpnn,

3 M xpls s pcs nu uslld guns -

d b Plnus n Bkl’s T Dlgus c snc d

nls b bng pcbl nd bng xnl nd, d s

“ncnssn” “pugnn” cncpn, nd nng pugnn cncpn

cn xs n nu –, ls, n suc ng cn b bld n b us. Bkl

(1979), n s nd d dlgus spcll.

4 Js’s wl gl n png pgs ws kng s ncsngl Dwnn

nnn-cnu wld s n nl scnss bu ls lgus nd lnks (c. Js cp. 1). nd n Qun n-pgs (wc s n s

ng s “nw pgs”) gud n s us “w Dgs Epcs”

“n pn pslgcl ng pscl bjcs nd gds d nl n

dg nd n n knd” (Qun 44).





cnsn, j, nd s n sund lclzd ccusncs.Bu Pun ws wng ccus psscll “ducng”nkng lngug nss pducd nd bsd gull n cusl d. In c d cl , llwng bPun nd Qun, d sus dubs bu d duc dnns.5 Insd s nuls ws bs undsds n nclnn describe ug n cusl s. I ws n duc u bu nn-, lss n s. I d s u s l cnngn s-cl pcsss n n uncngng l ssnc wng, dndng, b spkn nd dnd. nd, pn, sscl pcsss w pcul l pcsss l, lu-sks. T “cnsn” ws sng ppnd,

nd cnnud ppn, n u nul, bsbl wld.

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W us djc “u”, ccdng , wn w p-p cnsquncs s bl cl. W d nscn w ngs w u n wld nd nl n dcd w wuld b bs s. Ts bsbl csbu u “ppb” us “u” –bu cus s n nl cs. W ls d n pu bls sd l unlsd - w pnunc u. W pu wk nd n lu gn, w s ds s gd w s, w ppl w dn ds nd cp us w s, w dcdwc bls cll u, nd n w s wl pcss gn. s n s n, w l nd usls cczng u g-nl luns nd dpng nw s nd ugs. Tnks s knd ngng, bck-nd- cnsn ng uslsnd w usds, w ln w pnnl nd bd nd wllng s u cun bls.

Wll, cull, n n s lnd s. W lk s-s “sn ls”, bd’s ns ds ungs pnnl cndn bl w s u u sn ncssl u . Ts w, w wn cll ,s nl d b nscu. Yung psns w dn’ knw nng bu wld wn nsu n n cn ll nng, nd s p plspcl quln sckng ngs n s nd sng la-la-la-la unl nnng wuld-b duc gs w. Bu ppl w knw

gs w “nn-duc pscls” Pun nd Dnld Ddsn,

nd gus ducn n knd, spcll plspcll usul knd, s

bcus “ s cs w cn … sw gn lngug-g

wc s bn pld s s, n c, dspnsbl” (1991 11).



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w ngs bu wld knw lu ls ng ppl u, cpng s’ xpncs w wn, nd nl n dcdng w ld n ld bls dp nw ns.In u-skng pcss, s b wldl wsd s nsu-nlzd n sndd wnngs w ssu nlng wd “u”.Nlss, s g, w d n c usls x-snc subsn, bjc u b s sndd wnngs.

cknwldgd u “cun us ‘u’”, u c-csnl cgnn bl s s jusd s culdb und ccusncs bu sll g n b u gd bl (c. 1991 1;199 0). Ebd knws w d lk s w ss, nd nbd, ls ll , dns s s s ls pn b gd ng. ’s “ncnc”

undsndng u, n s w we l nqus cu-ll nd lpul bl, s b dds w d w nqus ss cc usls g c-cn s, nd n s b bckndd w – blckdd, sn-ls w– cng “cn” Plnsc nlss ld us sk nd gus lk Dw wnd lp us l wu.6 Bu wsng nsd cus nn n l suns nqu ndl bnd dls knwn nl sn. ’s ncnsws s n-Plns.

T ps-Plspcl culu pd lp bnglng, cnd n culul plcs n nl ps, wllsll lk s nd uu ss n s s ss-c “us”. Inqus wll b w sscn s w unng u b nl pl. T wll knw uu dsp-pnns b lukng n dknss d, nd wll knw ll bu w pusl und- bs u culu “us” nd pp up nnuncng gncsnd dssns. T wll ls lz dn

xn “us”, nd s wll b bcd dsc dssn p nw cnsnl pns wcllngng ngs s. w, cn cknwldg ll swu pplng n bjc, pssng, dl u usb bnd ng ppncs cul suls ubl-cng nsgns. ll cgnz s pcss dcdng w s s n nd n c g ns lng s spks lk us xpnc l.

In c, p pcul css n wc pss g n-

sgd, bld, nd n qusnd s , s n dl Dw (199) s clssc pgc sn n ccs s pusu.

7 w nd pgs dpcd s “plcl” cncpn w s bn

sug nd w s b gnd b dng plsp (c. 1991b 9-; 007).





u n n s, n Wll Js’s xpl, bscl wl p pcul psns nd cs ssc-d w s bscns (c. Js 10). Wc s s, wl might b s knd “l” nd “u” up w gds n Pl’s n, n w w cll d b sns, s w cs W g n nk wd “l”n s n ll bu s nnlzn cn n ppb djc, “l”. Mb cul scllg ddn’ g w, bu pn s w d n ncs-sl nnd spk l s thing wn w s n c psn s l. Pcul l psns, w k wnbls p dn activities spn, pducn,gd dgsn, nd lng, cnsu nl l w

ll k n ns n; nd lkws bls w gn, , ccz, nd s u dn ls c cns-u nl u w cull c bu. ’s d cun us “u” cplns usul ppb us ss pgc pcu—wc s p uc nss s-n ls n knd upsd-dwn qus cn.

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O cus, w wn bls n nl s u bu ll u, jus s w wn n nl l wll bu ll b wll; bus ds n n w wn g n uc w bsc b-

jcs clld u nd l xs p ll sldngcnc ppncs. T l nd u w wn bpccl bls c cn sscns, n ngs s n w w pc, w w l, w wcn d. En w w cll “l” l s cnnung eel wll, cnnung c bng called wll.Lkws, w w cgnz s “l” u s cnnu-

ng seem u. I s bl cnnus p n l. nd s wnd lp us s w wn nd u, w db d w n c w usull d nd , wc s p nn sscns nd usns w xpnc n pccl l.

F , s ss pu squl n sclpgc dn. En Pc, dsp s u s ndl s bls dsnc bls w f n subjcgunds, pnd u n “T Fxn Bl” :

W nc sln pnn bl s n nug

us, nd w sk, n l n pnn, bu u pnn.Bu pu s nc s nd ps gundlss; s sn s bl s cd w nl ssd, w bl bu ls. (1931 37)



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Pc l cnsdd s ngs bu s k, bu dd n g up d “‘ sln Bl,’ , n wds, s sscn, s ll u, nqu-, cnsss n” ( 4). gud s s pn n dns.

Pc d ngs s bu u bsds s, cus,nd ws usl ccl Js undsndng u ns cun sscns n n s dspsnl- “b” (c. :4). u ws n w did ppn ss us; nsd, ws w would ss us n ndn un nqu. Bu Js, n c, dnng s, nssd n . sd “ll suc quls s l nd wl snk sus ‘bs’ bwn s xcs; nd sll u

bcs b cn u ds nd bls n nls s ng cs” (10).u s n jus psn l bls pdng ssc-

ns, bu sn’ pu, p-xsng dl. F Pc ndJs lk, u s dspsn pd sscns, b uncn w nqus c s w c pnns, s,pss, bls b. nd ug u cnnspl b dnd w bls w gn sscnsw g s bls, u w c bu s n bscxsnc p s pculs, .

Js dd ccsnll s ngs culd b kn spldncns u w cul sscn –s dd Pc, s w

jus sw. Bu wn w lk ks n cnx, s cl b Js nd Pc ug u n psscll nlscll, n s spl cllcn bsbl, cn-c, l bls n s pu bsc dl. Insd sw s gl d u ls, “b” nl, pcl uncn w n nl sk bu ls make u l; pcul bls wdlp s ls cpng. N ll u bls u, bu s

n u w knw c bu p u l blsnd w cnngnl d.

’s “cnsn” s s pcss pccl ss-cn-skng b Js nd Pc dnd s gn u. I s ccuuln pcul bls ss us,w “w” . s, s sunds lk s pss culdl bu, b, “us” s n p-spcd gup. “Ou culu”snks nd gws , nd g n nd up ncpss-ng ll un –ug ’s unlkl, snc un ss

nclud b sl nll cllngd nd Nzs. sd “‘us’ ds n n ‘us uns’ ( Nzs uns ). I ns sng lk ‘us ln w lbls’”(199 3). Obusl cgzn “w lbl” s n jus u





nw, ldng ll nks wll ld. “W” cn nd wll k s s w s w . s, l, w wll ncn ccsnl ung Nz. ’s “us” s “n ethnos wcpds sl n s suspcn ncns –n s bl n-cs d nd pnnss ncuns” ( 1991 ).

M, busl g ll cnusd wsspkng cllqull bu s wn w n pcdng ps-sg. “s” s, cus, n “ndxcl” lk “d” “”. Isnng ss s wl s nc s ccsns unc, nd us s nng wll n spc n pcul gupw n gn s ccscs. “s” wll , dpndng nw’s lkng, dn snkng nd gwng, ppng nddsppng gups, n nl us Wsn ddl---ds.

In “gd us bl”, , wll n sng lk “us bls cnsnlss n u culu, w culu b”. T sll wll n ncssl nclud ll un- ll nl bngs –bu g d jus , n nd, nd w cx n nd ll nks n jnng “us”.

F b nd plpgss, n, u, ng s gd us cnsnlss bl, wll sul pcss dlpn w n pn uu. Wn nd s, u wll history , s pcul blsnd lcl s, n unpdcbl, cnngn, nd cng-ng ccusncs, c b ssc bls nd cululgups b ssd b s bls. Tug lngug usd k s pn b pgss ss suggss , u sn, Pc, Js, , spl w ppns n ss n spcbl gup nks.

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gn, s knd lpul nulsc dscpn w gs

n wn w us lngug ul s w scl pgsws ll bu. Wll Js k pns xpln ws dng

jus s, spcll n s spnss s kbl uncp-ndng cc Bnd ussll. ussll undsd Js lgcl dnn u nd, , n ws sl udb cunxpls; Js spndd ws n “dnng”u n ussll’s sns. T s n dnng Js n dds ngs sundd lk dnl dnns u; cl n Pragmatism “‘Te true,’ to put it very briey, is only

the expedient in the way o our thinking, just as ‘the right’ is only theexpedient in the way o our behaving ” (Js 10, lcs n gnl),lks uc lk dnn u n s xpdnc “wkng”. Bu Js ss l “ssnc” u, w



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suld b gn n “dnn” “” lk s, s “causaexistendi” u u-buns u bls, why n what u (c. 313). Js usd lngug dn-ns ll us w su w knw s u cnngnl cs nd w cs n bng.8 Knwng wll cull lp uscgnz u nd g . T lgcll ncss dnn u wll n d jb.

ussll gud n spns Js’s dnn u w cc, “ s xpdn bl ppl xs, bu dn’” nd “ s u ppl xs, bu dn’” wuldb qull snsbl ngs s. T s cl ks sns, ugnl slpss wuld bl ; scnd cl s uld u b lgcs knd sl-cndcn. Js’s slng spns s ws:

T scl ppsn ‘ n xs’ s, “ s u n xs” nd pgs ppsn ‘ s xpdn bl n xs’ c dn unss dscus. Oncn bl scnd wu bng lgcll cplld bl s; n cn bl s wu ng d scnd; n cn bl b. T s xpsss bjc bl, the second tells o one condition o the belie’s power to main-tain itsel . Js 79, pss ddd.

T s, Js ds n s pgc dnn s sn-n “u” n ccun w nls lgcll.Insd s ng n xplnn l-l pcss b wc w dcd w bls w wll dn s “u”. F Js,gng lk bu u n bu xpdnc nlsswcng “unss dscus”, cngng subjc wld s ppns b knwn bl wld s ppns b knwn us nsgs u.

ussll ws nsd n u s Plnc dl, n n -d pccl l. spndd Js n

w dd ppn ppl “u” usul bls, ws sll bg sk cnus sc u w u cul bl-cc pcsss. I wuld b lk cnusng bks n lb w cd clgu (ussll 10). Jus s wl pn clgu s l us knw bu sng else exists nds there, wl pn u u-pckng pcsss s l usknw bu n dl sng, u, s there wng bnds n sldng pcsss nd bls pduc. Tng wll n un pu us n uc w w ngs

n wld, nd s cnncn ls l s wks u lubl. Js’s cns ns k uslk wl pn u s u bls.

Ts s cnl pc dnc gun n (000).



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Bu l pn u cul nqus, w ll sssus nd w kps us nsgng, s xcl w Js d xpln n nulsc w. Jsn pgss lk n-plgss wcng blnds ns spscd,succssul sc. s plspcl bss wc nsnd lns bjcs n wld, s xpdnc;bu ns pcll s nl bjcs sgns bjcs, buwc d dlp bls. T bss n bls ns cll “u” n lws s c-spnd l bjcs; “u” bls nsd s ppn work n cn w bls, ns “nnsls” wl n ns’ wld-w b kng ls n n w n. T xpdn, lpul bls

dlp n cds n cd clgu; ns gw wn, wn d n c ng g w wn,u s bls, n u sng ls wc bls gud wc psnn. Tpgc plspcl bss ll s c n cnclud bs nd s lbl w undsnd n bu-ns u s n s xpdnc –ug cus s dsn n bls d suld s sls nd bls n s w.

I ls ds n n ns n s sls ns w, suldn’, d suld n cnssn w s plspcl s ll. s ppns, pgc bss pckd up s w undsndngnqu “glgss, blgss nd pllgss” ng ns bn bsng (c. Js 34). Bu n ll ns s ngs s w, n s n pcul nd ll d s. Js s s pcll clul nlg:

s b dnd s bs wlks n nls s ddldgs. Wn w s s w s suc bs, jus s wn

w bl ‘u’ w bl sng xpdn. Msss. ussllnd w, llwd n-pgs lgc, wuld s w s that it is suc bs, c dl sbl u n cp ns. (31)

Lkws, ks pgc plspcl nk s x-pdnc w plspcll unnsd n bls sbjcs nd u, bu xpdnc s nlss.

Js ds n dn lgcl cncp u nls

lnsp bjcs. In c, n s spns ussll, csull s cls bu bjcs nd cls bu u s ncngbl. dnl gds “ n xs” s jus n w s-ng “ s u n xs”; nd sul s s xpcbl



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pgs w, snc pccl cnsquncs bls p-snd b s cls wuld s b jus s. Bu Jsls sws us w dn’ ll nd, n c us, cspn-dnc bjcs n w w nk w d. Wn w scnd pgs’s pspc nd swc “unss dscus”,w bs bls su n un u nks usulnss, n cspndnc. T nl gn w -l Js cgnzs s pcll pn pusu u s “gbl ldng”, bl bls cls ld us gd suls n u l ng d ngs (c. Js 97). N knd gn w cspndnc bjcs, n “bjcs” d u snsns, pls n sgncn l n u s u.

spndnc nd bjcs exist , nd w pgc b-ss cn n ppl bjcs s w xpln w ns dng. W cn pn u ss n bls c bjcs nd ss dn’, nd w cn us s bsn xpln w cspndnc ds n ll ns’ws gung u w s. Bu n nd w bss wll cgnz w “ns”, , nd u wn ws scnng wn n spc s cspndng nd wn sssng k –wc nclud ll u wn ws scn-ng w s u nd w’s ll “u ”– subjc s knd cndscnsn n p w bss b wcng us. Nbd’s bls g n dscbl cnsn bjcs nscnd bls’ cnsnl s dcd w bls wuld b bs ccp nd nnunc.Pps s lzn wll snd skpcl cll dwn u spns;bu b n, spcll w ls lz n wu w-ng bu cspndnc bjcs u sc cn cnnu b s succssul, nd s sl-ccl, s . Wn w dcd c l b bjc, w cn spnd w w lws

spndd wu ncng b; s, w cn nsu w nkng nd sng bs ngs w cn nk nd s.

W cn ls s u nsgs n s s w n-s w bn sudng. W wll n d s w wndng knwldg dwn Olpus, nd w’ll b spcll dsnclnd dspl n knd nllcul pls nc wlz u wn sus s ns. Bu w wn u pc-u xpdn u s sng ppns b xpdn bl n s wn g. W ncd s n

bls cd ss ddlck w s, gung -plcbl n did g und b squl nd , us is un bng, Gd did not nllgnl dsgn uns, ll wl ndcng n pccl cnsquncs





s bls g b usd s s. W cn pgss w u ddlck n suc css. sulnss cn nsw qus-ns snsn sn ln cnn, nd ss lck gnunl usul nsw n sd qusn cn sw us s n l ssu sk.

T ppl pccl wwlnss s n n nsn pn-c; b lng uns cpllng dnc d, ndn c pgs gs n gun wll b sngl,unsll cnncng slun nllcul dspu. Bupgs, n Js’s ps, “unsns u s” b lp-ng us s dnc s ln ng ppl clld bl. I cn lp us unblck d nqu b swng us n wld cngng dnc w cng n u -

bls s n. I ks un bngs uc lssdgc nd uc wllng lsn n n nd cnsd nw ds. nd s sn w pgc bss b nclnd s u bncl dscs w u nsubjcs, nd w wn ld n pgs s u wnundgc nd sbl plspcl psn.

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T “nw pgss” pcll cul cknwldg lubl us dnl pgs, spcll s ll-bls, s lck lnc n undnl cns, nd s suss nulsc nn-dnn u. Bu nss ll s gd ngs cpbl w sc bjc,nd ul n cgnzng s. T wn, s J u nd Mk Jnsn wuld pu , “pgs wu n-csss”, w fs pnc ngs usdusls nd u sc u wn sscns (c. Msk ).

u lluss pbl w ’s lck cn

bjc w n nsng xpl.nsd n Olpn l w ks pd n xcllnc s nc. ng bull’s- nd … l up dscpln’ssndd lc xcllnc ld d xcl s ngs: ls nsn bd, cus nn, dp pp-p snc, dw bw n cn w, nd s n. Bu w wuld llw ks n sns s ng g s n gls ….nunl, gus wnd blws w l bull’s-. Wll s n b dsppnd …. I ss ds

k sns, n, spk ng w dsnc gls n I dxcl s ngs n ng ccpls . (Msk 0)



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W l cpu g-dcdnss c w l ppc l pld n pcc b ng g.nlgusl, wn I sk u, ug I s n bl s jusd ss ssc culul ps, sll ks sns s gng bjc u s n gls. Lcl sscn nd bjc u w dsnc glsn w d ll nd nl s bsbl ngs n pusung . W l cpu u-dcdnss nqu w l ppc l pld n pcc b gng bjc u. T n ncns s skn dn pusu u w dlpn bls “w” cunl lk cn jus usls.

W dn’ b ncnss b n-Plnss, n

u’s pcu; bjc u nd n b purely Plnc dl gl n nscnds lcl juscns nd gn. Oudlpng scl pccs bn ssnl cn dl. Mb w cd sc u jus s w c-d c, b cng ns ccpbl b n n c.w, n b css w s cd cs nllkng usd usls n pusu gls.

u’s nlg s scncd, w. I s n bu bjc- u bng nqu s gs c. Ts ppnsbcus w cn s nd u w cs sng -gs, bu n s wll ll us w nqus ng g bjc u. c wu ng gs wuld nddlk dn bss sndng nplgss’blnd; u c wuld kp lsnng up, dwng bw, ndlng ws n jus s w n wnd cngd, cs bull’s-s w dn cnqus,nd w xpnl bss cnd gsd. Bu nqu wuld lk p uc s w w-u sc bjc u. Ou nqus wll n djus

xpnl sgs dn’ g bjc u nqus gng bjc u usng c-nqus –s lng s kp gng bls ss seem u b sndds. M, b cns, ucs nqu sp ng nqus’ c gd,

jusbl, ssc bls, u nqus sp n-qus gng sscn dn bls, then unqus will s skng plcns – bls, c juscn, b.

9 Js pszd, Pc’s ds, w und d pgs

culd n nl ll us w bl, w b scnc, bu culd ls ll us w

dcd w bl, w b scns ll . s ks n pg-

s s “cd” ng l, scnc, nd lgus ulks (c. Js 3).





Ts s busl n s nqus d suld b-l pck bls. T lk evidence, spcll dncln cns wll k l b –nd s w p-cdng s n c d ls b n n ws. T pcd pgcll, ug d n ncssl nk sls s dng s. In c, n ps bjc nddpl ncnc s lk bs, pjudc, nd pl n p nsgs, ls n s s nsgn. ll, ss ls s cnsns ngs lk “Yu cn’ ll b bjc. ll u cn d s xpss u pn w nd lu cls cp n kplc ds”. s xl xps w “knw w ’ lkng bu”, nd s-s ps “dlss” nd “psns ”. s

dgz lk nllbl pps, ss dspl “l skpcs”. s pund bl nd nss ppnns c l, ss sn lss ndwn nl b l ln. T ns Pl, Kn, Dscs,Mx, Esn, Nzsc, , nd Dd, nd nk ll plsp su s s uc meshugas. T s -sls dnl n dn ds, nd n n d d ll ssls s w. Ts ns s n w us nqus’ wn pssd sl-undsndng s dnc n skng nscndn bjc.

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ll w plspcl bss c nqus u buu, nd sll w dnd cnssnc I dn’ nk w’ll g w . I ss bs w cn d s k d,cls lk w w nk bu ngs, ncug s w kng cnsn n gd dcns, nd cllng nk-s w cnn qu ck dwn ll wck nw ds

nnn cnu s bug us. nd I nk s s w dd. dd n s ncns s w ulngu nbd’s ws lkng; ws pp l us cnnu lk-ng bu bjc s lng s lk bug gd suls, ndbusl s dn l gd n cnxs lk lw nd ps-cl scnc. Bu ss s blckd d nqu, nd dn s spcll n plsp sl. T ugd plspcl bss nqu k cls lk w w cull succd n u nsgns nd g bjc

s wl.Ts c- k wld b plc, nd n. I ds, pns b sll; s plsp psss bc lss sl-cn nd sl-gus. O s



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pns sp un l; s sl ppcnk g dllp ncugn s wuld n -ws d, nd s cnsqunl dlp nd pss npng nx g , nl, l, plcl n,Wb-bsd pplcn, nwbl ng suc. -sl sd wn s ll pd nllcul supp “us” Wsns nd u ln w lbl plcs, u xp-nl nd (slwl, sdl) pgss w l (c. 1999). wnd lp us s w w cn nd w w suld dndu plcs ss nd ugs b l nd g. En –b spcll– wu dng pscs,w cn s b l-wng xs nnnls ndg-wng xs scl-Dwns ndduls dpnd

n ndlssl dbbl s w un bngs lk nd pp plc n l Wld. I w cn sk ss nd jus lk w cull ks l b, wcn jus ( usls, ls) u blnd, un-nc scl -s pd czns w ccss cln w, unduldd, ulllng jbs, usng, l c, spc nd ug,plcl psnn, nd s nllcull unxcngngs pn k un l dcn nd dgnd.

O cus, n suggl s cknwldgd gds s ncn ld pp ucs. Pgc plsps, lk s nqus, w uu s w wksu bs. Bu psd nks w s u wn nd s’ nds, dlp ds bn ndsnd sc, nd k sc s nclus nd pp spssbl. I ll w cn d s b n cnngn bncl ucs,s ls ss lk b n g ss.

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