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   Ed Cryer to oldernow   
   Re: Mind only   
   18 Feb 25 21:37:11   
   
   From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk   
      
   oldernow wrote:   
   > On 2025-02-16, Ed Cryer  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I suspect that if anyone cross-posts one of your threads   
   >> thither, you'll be subjected to things like "poetry",   
   >> "compare with ley lines", "mysticism", etc.   
   >   
   > There's nothing new under the Tower of Babel.   
   >   
   >> What's your mother-tongue?   
   >   
   > English.   
   >   
   >> How does it define "philosophy?   
   >   
   > How words are defined in terms of other words in separate   
   > minds assigning private meanings thereto doesn't interest   
   > me.   
   >   
   > Some ways of looking at things have improved my lot. I   
   > share descriptions thereof hoping they lead to similar for   
   > others. But I don't believe arrangements of words serve as   
   > silver bullets in all conceptuality contexts (aka minds).   
   >   
      
   Do you have a guru? Someone to point out the way ahead and let you know   
   how you're progressing?   
   Someone who shares your views?   
      
   Ed   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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