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Re: [lojban] Individuals and xorlo



la .guskant. cu cusku di'e
Actually, I didn't need {lo mokca} in order to say that any {lo linji}
are not one or more individuals.
I mentioned {lo mokca} only for clarifying the structure of {lo linji},
but it was really unnecessary.
Only I need to say is that {lo linji xi ny me lo linji xi my} continues
infinitely in that universe of discourse.

In other words, this is an infinite instance of {lo re prenu cu me lo mu
prenu}.

I'm not sure I follow.

Let's say the original single line segment L looks like this:

|-----------------------------------------------|   <- {lo linji}
                        L

You seem to be saying that L is not an individual because we can turn it into multiple smaller line segments A, B, C, like this:

|---------------| |---------------| |---------------|
        A                 B                 C

Further, you seem to be saying that A, B, and C are all among L. You also seem to be saying that each of A, B, C are not individuals either, because we can further split them, like this:

|-------|-------| |-------|-------| |-------|-------|
    M       N         O       P         Q       R

And that M and N are among A, and so on.

Is this what you are saying?

I would say that the only line segment that is among L is L itself. A is not among L, nor are B or C, let alone M, N, O, ...

A, B and C are *part* of L. M is *part* of A.

If you introduce new objects, then you are creating a new universe of discourse each time, so the original singular {lo linji} is no longer relevant. It seems like your {me} is jumping across domains.

Would you say that {lo sakta cu me lo najnimryjisra}? For me it would be a very definite No.

mi'e la selpa'i mu'o

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