From dpt@abel.MATH.HARVARD.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:45:20 2010 Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 12:23:31 -0400 From: "Dylan P. Thurston" Subject: sevzi and ego To: Bob LeChevalier X-From-Space-Date: Wed May 24 16:31:21 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Message-ID: Would you say mi prami le sevzi means "I love myself"? If so, what do you think of this definition: x1 is the same as/a reflection of x2 (by default, the agent of the current action) [reflection not meant literally, though it could be literal; 'self-image'; frequently used in lujvo to form reflexives] {sevzi} used in this way would have some characteristics that are pro-sumti like; e.g., {le sevzi} would not always have the same referent. It's also related to {morna} and {simsa}, as well as {mintu}. Not being a German philosopher* either, I don't know the difference between "ego" and "mind" and I'd just use {le menli} for "ego". *or psychologist; didn't Freud promote (originate?) the term? mu'o mi'e. dilyn.