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To: Kudsman
My point was that had you been telepathic, I could have transmitted to you all that my senses experienced and you would "know" exactly what I experienced. The name of the fruit would have been unimportant.

The language that I had to use to try and convey my thoughts only allowed me to refer to similar experiences. The decriptions were based on comparative examples of what I had previously experienced not the actual experience of the specific fruit.

That is the limit of language.

628 posted on 05/26/2003 8:10:56 PM PDT by fifteendogs
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To: fifteendogs
That is the limit of language.

Agreed. And as you also point out, (I hope), thought is not limited to learned language nor quarantined by either time or location.

630 posted on 05/26/2003 8:46:35 PM PDT by Kudsman (LETS GET IT ON!!! The price of freedom is vigilance. Tyranny is free of charge.)
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