Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0rEiF6-00007GC; Mon, 5 Dec 94 20:34 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6823; Mon, 05 Dec 94 20:34:46 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 6821; Mon, 5 Dec 1994 20:34:46 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2606; Mon, 5 Dec 1994 19:31:24 +0100 Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 13:29:02 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: Outside quantifiers on masses X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199411120423.AA27849@nfs2.digex.net> from "Jorge Llambias" at Nov 11, 94 07:32:59 pm Content-Length: 580 Lines: 17 mi pu mabla cusku di'e > > Consider that mass as a mass of cells. 10% of a person is a dead person, > > but 100% of that mass is alive; 90% may or may not be alive. la xorxes. cusku di'e > I don't see why 10% of a person is a dead person, and I don't understand > what the example shows, either. I was muddled. I meant, of course, that 10% of a person, when severed from the remaining 90%, can't remain alive long. This claim is true but not relevant. -- John Cowan sharing account for now e'osai ko sarji la lojban.