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  • Reference, contends Latour, is not a memesis or adequatio between word and thing, but rather “…the quality of the chain of transformation and the viability of its circulation” 310.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Reference, contends Latour, is not a memesis or adequatio between word and thing, but rather “…the quality of the chain of transformation and the viability of its circulation” 310.

    Be in the game of Yoga Tusar N Mohapatra 2009

  • Sallis, rather, follows to the end Heidegger's move from truth as adequatio adequatio rei et intellectus, the correspondence of reality and mind to truth as disclosedness: prior to truth as adequatio either adequatio of our statements to 'the way things really are'--'There is a screen in front of me' is true only if there actually is a screen in front of me -- or adequatio of the things themselves in their essence -- 'This is a true hero' if he or she in fact acts as befits the notion of a hero, the thing itself must be disclosed to us as what it is.

    Archive 2007-01-01 enowning 2007

  • (adequatio rei), of perfection, goodness, truth, of variety and unity, all of which are intellectually perceived, are gradually replaced by beauty's direct appeal to our sentiments, affections, and passions.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas HERBERT DIECKMANN 1968

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