From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Wed May 19 12:03:29 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 19 May 2004 12:03:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web41904.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.155]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BQWLZ-0008Ff-3o for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 19 May 2004 12:03:21 -0700 Message-ID: <20040519185549.33981.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41904.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 19 May 2004 11:55:49 PDT Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 11:55:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: [lojban] Re: The Analytical Language of John Wilkins To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <20040519183452.GL6978@chain.digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 7932 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --- Robin Lee Powell wrote: > I meant evidence that the encyclopedia in question existed. Sounds like > it didn't. In fact just a little later in the essay Borges writes: "I have catalogued the arbitrarities of Wilkins, of the unknown (or apocryphal) Chinese encyclopaedia writer and of the Bibliographic Institute of Brussels; it is clear that there is no classification of the Universe that is not arbitrary and full of conjectures." As for the Bibliographic Institute of Brussels: "The Bibliographic Institute of Brussels practices this chaos: they have partitioned the universe into 1000 subdivisions, number 262 corresponds to the Pope; #282, to the Catholic Religion; #263, the day of the Lord; #268, to the dominical schools; #298, to Mormonism; and #294 to Brahmanism, Buddhism, Shintoism and Taoism. It doesn't mind heterogeneous subdivisions, for example, #179: "Cruelty to animals. Prevention of cruelty to animals. Duels and suicide from the moral point of view. Vices and various defects. Virtues and various qualities." The Lojban classificatory system on the other hand, is very simple: a) individuals b) masses c) sets d) typicals and stereotypicals mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/