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   "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax"  wrote in message   
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   > Tom wrote:   
   >> "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax"  wrote in message   
   >> news:4m7n5cF4k2t0U1@individual.net...   
   >>> Tom wrote:   
   >>>> "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:4m6irfF4ndiqU3@individual.net...   
   >>>>> Tom wrote:   
   >>>>>> "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>> news:4m63o9F4nk08U2@individual.net...   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Or perhaps you can point me towards where 'meaning' resides outside   
   >>>>>>> of self?   
   >>>>>> This is linguistically inexpressible.  Meaning is not confined to   
   >>>>>> self, but language is.   
   >>>>> 'Meaning' is an internal subjective state.   
   >>>>> It has no objective existence.   
   >>>> Neither does self.   
   >>> 'Self' does have meaning as a physical locus.   
   >>   
   >> The boundaries of self are completely arbitrary and infinitely flexible.   
   >   
   > Then next time you go to a dentist, refuse any anaesthetic.   
      
   Pain is not a function of self.  Pain is a function of the body.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)