Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id WAA23157 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 12 Dec 2000 22:13:01 GMT Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:56:19 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: Self-defense Message-ID: <20001212205619.A517@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <20001212135211.AAA29963@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001212135211.AAA29963@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:53:20AM -0500 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:53:20AM -0500, Wade T.Smith wrote:
>
> To me, the personal investment is more on the side of those who defend
> the 'not-self'. They are the ones who want to disinvest the human of his
> origins and command him to some divine distinction.
That's exactly the opposite of the way I see it. Surely the self is
distinct, figure as opposed to ground, while the concept of no-self
denies any objective basis for that distinction.
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