tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 17 09:25:10 1996
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Re: Any philosophers out there?
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- Subject: Re: Any philosophers out there?
- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 12:25:56 -0400
qaSDI' 96-07-17 06:23:41 EDT, jatlh Makhoy:
> SuStel:
> I'm new at learning the Klingon language, but I have some ideas on
the
> phrase "I think therefore I am". I believe that this refers to the idea
> that
> if one is aware of onesself in order to reflect on things outside of
> onesself
> or on things involving one's own ideas/actions/wishes/etc., that one must
> know intuitively that the self is separate from all else. This defining
> self
> with arbitrary references could be interpreted as being the basis of what
> defines us as individuals - therefore, if one can think and make these
> references/decisions, we arbitrarily define who we are as individuals.
This is precisely what I meant! This is why I think that the verb {taH} is
not appropriate. I liked using the pronoun {jIH}, since is has some feeling
of a verb, but does not mean simply "to be."
SuStel
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