Deed of Donation
(Vol. IV, No. 2 -- Fall 2000)
Mark Lance, of Georgetown University, sends
us a different kind of memorial marker.
He writes:
I travelled to a conference in Slovenia this
summer and came upon the deed of donation
for the region. Of particular philosophical
interest, I thought, was the phrase “with
everything that can be given a name.” Was
Henry “the invincible king” an incipient
substitutionalist? Or is this some limitation
on property rights—“If it’s unnameable, I’ll
let you keep it.”
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