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- From: datepper@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Aaron Tepper)
- Subject: K e n makes a lousy philosopher
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.134717.29233@Princeton.EDU>
- Followup-To: K e n's really annoying drivel
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 13:47:17 GMT
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- In an earlier post, K e n wrote:
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- The answer is not life. Life does not end continuously. It is eternal.
- The situation of death is merely a transformation. Your question uses
- the phrase "but ends continuously", meaning that something actually
- ends.
- Eternal things, by definition, do not end. K e n's answer is still
- correct.
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- Life is eternal? Tell that to me dear departed gran'da.
-
- And yes, K e n, you do exist only to amuse me. I thought you
- knew--I'm a hedonistic solipsist.
-
- Tep--still misinformed and lovin' it!
- --
- I'm too sexy for meiosis.
-