Re: [jboske] Re: Unique == Misterhood? (was: lo'e gadri: can we converge towards aresolution?

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

And Rosta scripsit:

> 1. substance
> 2. prototype. 
> 3. unique. 

I think this is exactly the Right Thing in every respect, and
with the addition of 4. individual(s), should form our new gadri
system. I do think however that the term "unique" is bad, because
it suggests that there is literally, rather than notionally, only
one of the thing. Whereas in fact what I take to be going on is
a sort of superposition of the actual things (birds, Superbowl games, etc.)

We can talk of "the LLG meeting" using this form, because it is an annual
recurrence of the same thing.

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