Re: [lojban] META : Who is everyone (and what are they saying)

[And Rosta <arosta@uclan.ac.uk>]

#>>> Pierre Abbat <phma@oltronics.net> 09/19/01 12:07am >>>
#On Tuesday 18 September 2001 13:52, And Rosta wrote:
#> "No prenu cu daplu" is exactly right. Because it's an obvious truth, not
#> worth saying, the hearer realizes that for it to be worth saying it mustbe
#> metaphorical. English is no different.
#
#To use a brivla metaphorically, you have to fill all of its places with the 
#metaphor. If a man were an island, he would be an island of humanity, but in 
#a sea of what?

A sea of zo'e, a sea of disconnection. I see no difference from the English;
being surrounded by nonland is an essential part of islandhood, so if no
man is an island then no man is entirely surrounded by nonland, land
metaphorically being humanity.

--And.