Philosophy’s Longest Sentences Contest — Lyotard edition

At Stephen Hicks Ph.D.,

"For our ongoing contest, alert reader George King sent me this libido-sapper from Jean-François Lyotard’s 1974 Libidinal Economy [p. 4]. 355 words..."

"Thus, updating the contest list, we now have the eight wordiest as:

1. Lyotard: 355 words.
2. Kierkegaard: 330 words.
3. Locke: 309 words.
4. Kant: 286 words. Also 174 words. Also: 163 words.
5. Moore: 239 words.
6. Aristotle: 188 words.
7. Bentham: 164 words.
8. Mill: 161 words."

See Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling, in Great Books of the Western World (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 43

See Locke, A Letter Concerning Toleration, Concerning Civil Government, Second Essay, and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volumen 35, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 33.

See Kant, Perpetual Peace, in Gateway to the Great Books (10 Vol., 1963) volume 7; The Critique of Pure Reason, The Critique of Practical Reason, and The Critique of Judgement, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 42, and (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 39.

See Aristotle, Works, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volumes 8-9, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volumes 7-8.

See John Stuart Mill, "Childhood and Youth" from Autobiography, in volume 6, and "Nature" from Three Essays on Religion, in volume 10, of Gateway to the Great Books (10 Vol., 1963); and On Liberty, Representative Government, and Utilitarianism, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 43, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 40.