| This question <115|91> overall <70|72> X: <51|162>. |
| Question 84: Think of a real life situation (not necessarily related to what Marx is speaking about here) where someone says, “a pair of shoes is a pair of shoes,” or “a car is a car,” or “20 yards of linen are 20 yards of linen,” or “I am I” (compare footnote 18 on page ... below). Describe exactly what is meant by this phrase in the situation you chose. |
| [71] X: A table is a table Last week, my spouse and I went shopping for a dining room table. She had a list of every store she wanted to look at and in what order we were going to visit these places. After looking at more that 30 tables in 10 stores, my wife asked what I thought of a particular table we were looking at. My responce was “a table is a table.” I did not find my statement “nonsensical” or “absurd.” |
| What I meant by my statement is that all the tables we looked at will serve the same purpose---we can eat on them. There was no special function that one table served over another. Each looked slightly different, but no matter which one we bought, we would have been able to eat off it. All 30 tables were, in short, a table. Therefore, a table is a table. |
| At that point, my wife agreed and we bought the table we were looking at when I made that statement. |
| Hans: What I meant by my statement is that all the tables we looked at will serve the same purpose- we can eat on them. There was no special function that one table served over another. Each looked slightly different, but no matter which one we bought, we would have been able to eat off it. All 30 tables were, in short, a table. Therefore, a table is a table. |
| If this is all you meant then it is not clear why you waited until table number 30 to come up with this truth. |
| See my message [115]. |
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