From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Wed May 19 11:35:01 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 19 May 2004 11:35:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BQVu0-0007c9-6e for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 19 May 2004 11:34:52 -0700 Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:34:52 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: The Analytical Language of John Wilkins Message-ID: <20040519183452.GL6978@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20040519173651.GH6978@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20040519175718.99973.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> <20040519182757.GB12492@skunk.reutershealth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040519182757.GB12492@skunk.reutershealth.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 7931 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 02:27:57PM -0400, jcowan@reutershealth.com wrote: > Jorge Llamb?as scripsit: > > > > I'd love to see primary source for this. > > > > Coming from Borges, it is perfectly possible that he is the primary > > source. Half of the time his references are ficticious. > > It is not only probable, it is damn near certain. Or do you mean that > you want to see Borges's original Spanish text? I meant evidence that the encyclopedia in question existed. Sounds like it didn't. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Many philosophical problems are caused by such things as the simple inability to shut up." -- David Stove, liberally paraphrased. http://www.lojban.org/ *** loi pimlu na srana .i ti rokci morsi