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- From: krobinso@apricot.crayola.cs.psu.edu (Kenneth J Robinson)
- Subject: Re: K e n makes a lousy philosopher
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- References: <1992Nov18.101936.1@jaguar.uofs.edu> <1992Nov19.064908.9009@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov19.134717.29233@Princeton.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 18:09:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.134717.29233@Princeton.EDU> datepper@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Aaron Tepper) writes:
- > In an earlier post, K e n wrote:
- >
- >>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.
- >
- > Life is eternal? Tell that to me dear departed gran'da.
-
- Death is a transformation from what you consider life into something
- typically referred to as the afterlife. Your grandfather is still alive,
- but in a dimension that cannot be reached from here.
-
- > And yes, K e n, you do exist only to amuse me. I thought you
- >knew--I'm a hedonistic solipsist.
-
- Your occupation is irrelevant.
-
- >Tep--still misinformed and lovin' it!
-
- Analogous to: "I'm so high on drugs and loving it!"
-
- Better seek help now, before it becomes too late.
-
- K e n R o b i n s o n
-