Re: [lojban] Knowledge (was: Random lojban questions/annoyances.)

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>]

On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 11:20:01PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:54:45PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote:
> > > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 10:01:52PM -0500, SwiftRain wrote:
> > > > > John Cowan wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > True.  But when it changes, we deny that what we used to believe was,
> > > > > > in fact, knowledge.
> > > > >
> > > > > .i sruma le du'u ro jitfa selkrici ku na seldjuno kei ku zo'u
> > > > > no seldjuno cu zasti pe'i
> > > >
> > > > I'm sorry, that doesn't parse, and my understanding of the language is
> > > > not up to the task of deconstructing it.  Can you re-state?
> > >
> > >
> > > e'u zo ru'a basti zo sruma
> >
> > Still doesn't parse.  It's zo'u that's the issue.
> 
> 
> Give the software a rest and read with your soul. 

I've been _trying_ to!!  But this was just beyond me.

> > > > > .i ro selkrici cu jitfa .i se'o le prane nu jimpe cu na cumki .iare'e
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > .i ro selkrici cu jitfa no da
> >
> > How can 'no da' be a standard of falsity?
> 
> 
> 
> da means "There exists a...". Thus, the sentence means "There exists no
> standard/epistemology/metaphysics such that every belief is false."

Doh.  Of course.  Thanks.

-Robin

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