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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: I'm a Believer
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> > > Perhaps something like {mi pu steba ro se senva be mi}.
> > >
> >
> > I have a confusion here.
> > According to jbovlaste, steba is defined as "x1 feels frustration about
x2
> > (abstraction)". How "ro se senva be mi" is an abstraction?
>
> Dreams (se senva) are abstractions too: "x1 dreams about/that
> x2 (fact/idea/event/state)".
>
Could you give a definition/explanation of what is an abstraction?