so, a good way to begin this might be rather properly hegelian, actually.
let's start with the self.
you'd have thought that facebook would have taught me that, but i am thinking on a different vector here.
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merriam-webster defines apostate as such: someone whose beliefs have changed and who no longer belongs to a religious or political group
i looked into the etymology, which i hope to get into, but the old school copyeditor in me wants to take some liberties with argument based on m-w.com
heck.
so here it is:
i could use 'apostate' as a (partial) self-definition if i chose to define it as such: someone whose beliefs have changed and who no longer belongs to some religious and political groups
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let's get provisional, y'all! i promise to dive into to the metaphysics, the pit and prune juice of the thing, all that good stuff.
just dipping a toe in tonight.
