Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The Name Game

What is name? What is person? What is being?

A person has a being. A person has a name. The equation ‘Person = Being’ is empirically unverifiable. The equation ‘Person = Name’ is a falsity. Do we need a name to have personhood? Do we need a name to fully realize the being?

Do we?

What should I do to authenticate this being of mine? Do I need a name? Or do I have to be a nameless creature in order to love this life I am living without worrying about the standards that this society is imposing upon me?

Tell me please. I do not want to go back to law school playing this game.


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