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Re: [lojban] A wiki to work on TERMINOLOGY problems
This is not as simple as that, .arpis
The reason is that in philosophy, there is the notion (which is
signified) and the word (which signifies)
To convey an idea (a notion), one forges a word
But somebody else can re-use this word to make it say something
slightly different, --- and this is regarded as a fair move
Hence, it is as if we had goods and money, goods can be exchanged with
money, money can be changed to goods, and the fact there are two
levels create a useful dynamics that permits people to scrutinize
questions in a very efficient way (albeit for non-philosophers, this
is precisely the assholish way)
I wonder if this can be kept in lojban
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However, what you say makes sense, for instance Roman philosophers
translated all greek terms into latin, --- and by doing this they
CHANGED the philosophic viewpoint on life the Greeks had into a NEW,
CREATED ON THE SPOT Roman viewpoint on life.
Maybe such things cannot be avoided at all.
Prepare to create a lojbanic philosophy, then !
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gleki, you must be right. Where should we post ?
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