Standard Wolfean riddle

David Stockhoff · 17 Aug 2010, 12:27 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:27:16 -0400
Subject: (urth) Standard Wolfean  riddle
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Ah, I see. But no.

Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote:
> 'So THAT we know what it is that you think is not true?'. It was an 
> answer to your question of why you're being asked to explain something 
> you don't think it is true.
>
> David Stockhoff wrote (17-08-2010 12:29):
>> If you've been reading this thread carefully, yes.
>>
>> Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote:
>>> David Stockhoff wrote:
>>>> Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote:
>>>>> David Stockhoff wrote (13-08-2010 01:52):
>>>>>> As for Yesod being before Briah,
>>>>>
>>>>> What would that mean? What would its opposite mean?
>>>>>
>>>>> I suppose you mean Yesod having 'gnabed into' Briah or a 
>>>>> 'predecessor'
>>>>> of Briah. But I don't think it can be put that way. Even if in our
>>>>> analogies there is a succession A -> B -> C, the '->' isn't really
>>>>> temporal, so it's more of something we use for our benefit than
>>>>> something which has true significance - i.e., A -> B doesn't really
>>>>> connect A to B.
>>>> I'm not sure why I'm being asked to explain something I don't think is
>>>> true.
>>>
>>> So we know what it is that you think is not true?
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