Return-Path: <@SEGATE.SUNET.SE:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0sOZRV-0000YjC; Thu, 22 Jun 95 02:44 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 2067D93F ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 1:44:07 +0200 Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 19:44:55 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: xanka X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 641 Lines: 14 la djan cusku di'e > Au contraire. The German word "Angst" means "anxiety", but in philosophical > use (including in English, where it is a le'avla) it means precisely > "anxiety without an object, free-floating anxiety". This might be described > as "le za'i xe'a catlu da poi bancu le xe'a janco", where "xe'a" is the > lambda variable. This is an example, BTW, of lambda variables in event > abstractions. It sounds more like paranoia than angst, but I have to admit that it's a good example. It sort of kills my plea for {ke'a} as the lambda variable. (Also, I would use {ka} instead of {za'i}, but that's beside the point.) Jorge