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From: Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
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Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 21:52:41 +1000
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On 31/05/25 21:37, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> On 30/05/2025 at 16:53, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>> OK. Why would what I merely /consider/ to be reality have to be
>>> factual? It isn't as if I am claiming it really is reality, only  that
>>> I consider it to be. Or do you want me to prove that I really do
>>> consider to be reality what I consider to be reality?
>>
>> Immanuel Kant addressed this subject very effectively nearly two
>> centuries
>> ago, and his work is worth looking up.  Schopenhauer expanded on it as
>> well.  It's not worth rehashing on Usenet.
>> --scott
>>
>
> But he was a real pissant, and very rarely stable.

And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel.

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Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW