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   From: john.santos@post.harvard.edu   
      
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   john.santos@post.harvard.edu says...   
   > own being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others,   
   > and for this purpose we endeavour to shine. We labour unceasingly to adorn   
   > and preserve this imaginary existence and neglect the real. And if we   
   > possess calmness, or generosity, or truthfulness, we are eager to make it   
   > known, so as to attach these virtues to that imaginary existence. We would   
   > rather separate them from ourselves to join them to it; and we would   
   > willingly be cowards in order to acquire the reputation of being brave. A   
   > great proof of the nothingness of our being, not to be satisfied with the   
   > one without the other, and to renounce the one for the other! For he would   
   > be infamous who would not die to preserve his honour.   
   >   
   > 148. We are so presumptuous that we would wish to be known by all the world,   
   > even by people who shall come after, when we shall be no more; and we are so   
   > vain that the esteem of five or six neighbours delights and contents us.   
   >   
   > 149. We do not trouble ourselves about being esteemed in the towns through   
   > which we pass. But if we are to remain a little while there, we are so   
   > concerned. How long is necessary? A time commensurate with our vain and   
   > paltry life.   
   >   
   > 150. Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's   
   > servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers. Even   
   > philosophers wish for them. Those who write against it want to have the   
   > glory of having written well; and those who read it desire the gl   
      
   Huh?  I didn't post this.  Seems like a trivial waste of bandwidth.   
      
   I assume this was either posted by a lunatic or by someone experimenting   
   with usenet forgery, but you would think they would post in a group I'm   
   unlikely to read.  Anyone have a clue as to why they might have done   
   this?   
      
      
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   John   
      
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