Posted by Boje on March 12, 1999 at 18:40:00:
In Reply to: new word posted by rpcman on March 12, 1999 at 17:18:21:
"Wilson makes his point through a fascinating tour through the Enlightenment and the age of scientific specialization. Among his bugaboos are "professional atomization," which works against the unification of knowledge, and cultural relativism ("what counts most in the long haul of history is ‘seminality’, not sentiment"). In examining how a few underlying physical principles can explain everything from the birth of stars to the workings of social institutions to a Mondrian painting, he offers fresh insight into what it means to be human"
"Seminality" is a non-existent word, as well; so I guess we need to re-invent language in order to understand this guy…
Boje