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   Immortalist to Sean   
   Re: What is this thing called SELF?   
   01 Mar 06 14:13:56   
   
   XPost: alt.philosophy, alt.atheism, talk.atheism   
   From: Reanimater_2000@yahoo.com   
      
   "Sean"  wrote in message   
   news:a5ydnXl_DIMMVpjZRVn-hg@inspired.net.au...   
   > slight addendum   
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   >   
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   >>   
   >> Try this answer on for size: a string of words satisfying the grammatical   
   >> rules of a language.   
   >>   
   >> It's the grammatical rules, or The LAW of Sentences, that makes a   
   >> sentence a sentence.   
   >>   
   >> Part of that Law, also means a sentence needs to make "sense" ......   
   >   
   > at least grammatical sense according to the language and the context of   
   > the said sentence being used.   
   >   
   > It's not uncommon to write a perfectly good sentence, but it may not make   
   > "sense" in the broader sense of that word.   
   >   
   > Same as there are some perfectly good "selves" out there in the world,   
   > that to some, simply don't make sense.    
   >   
      
   Can you explain more about this, I'm not getting it.   
      
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