2/5 Habermas and the Fragile Dignity of Humanity

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Philosophy begins with distorted communication. Start "Crowds & Power" of

E Canetti:

"There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what's reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange".

later on:

"Every complete unknown language is a kind of acoustic mask; as soon one learns it, it becomes a face, understandable and soon familiar".

SELF evidential 4:10 etc