In a message dated 3/30/2001 6:42:10 AM Central Standard Time,
moqelephant@lineone.net writes:
> ELEPHANT:
> It cannot, in this case, be a "physical metaphor", since in order for their
> to be the "discrete" stuff in physics that you claim to be the basis of the
> metaphor, discrete language itself must be used to create it.
>
> Yours is thus a picture of a snake eating itself.
>
> I take this to be a sign that the discrete/continous distiction is apriori
> and not metaphorical in origin at all. This is in fact born out by the
> dictionary citation which does not limit the distinction to spatio-temporal
> sequence, but applies it *universally*.
>
JON:
You refer to the symbol of the Ouroboros, correct? Was that around in Plato's
day?
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