On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 4:46 PM Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It's true, just like Bruno I also believe in the existence of immaterial >> things. I believe that adjectives exist and in fact I am one, I am the way >> atoms behave when they are organized in a Johnkclarkian way. I disagree >> with Bruno in that I maintain adjectives can not exist without nouns >> existing first, but Bruno claims they can. I believe in other >> non-material things too. Adjectives describe what nouns are, verbs describe >> what nouns do, and adverbs describe verbs. All of those things exist, but >> it all starts with nouns, without them you've got nothing not even time >> because time needs change and without nouns that obey the laws of physics >> nothing would change. >> > > *> I think these (adverbs, adjectives) are just inventions of language > that we use to navigate and manipulate matter. We are bewitched by language > into thinking linguistic things exist that don't exist. * > Well maybe so, but we think and communicate in language, words and numbers are all we have so imperfect or not they will just have to do. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv27DbpO%2BOGP-v4twVjMsUyeZ_Q5oRom%3DMV%2BZ6gBRqh%2Bgg%40mail.gmail.com.
