From: dnomhcir@gmx.com   
      
   oldernow  writes:   
      
   > On 2025-02-20, Richmond  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> There is no self, there is no other-than-self. No thing of the kind   
   >>> exists at all except as phenomenon.   
   >>   
   >> Having reached this conclusion, why write a book? Who is the intended   
   >> recipient? Who will read it? In this case, the no reader has passed   
   >> it onto another no other, to read.   
   >   
   > In related news, why wonder in public about a deceased author's   
   > motives that one considers unfathomable?   
      
   To find out what other people think about it. What is the purpose of   
   usenet?   
      
   >   
   > That line of questioning seems akin to needing to know why the sun   
   > rises as precondition for benefitting from it.   
      
   No. I am genuinely curious about the solar system. Curiousity is a   
   motive all on its own, without requiring any other benefits.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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