RE: Eureka and story theory

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Mar 16 2001 - 13:18:21 GMT

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From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
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Subject: RE: Eureka and story theory
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:18:21 -0000
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    Ah, but Archimedes didn't die due to his own actions- if it hadn't been for
    traitorous citizens of Syracuse who opened the gates, his claw would have
    kept the Romans out indefinitely.

    Vincent

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    > From: Mark Mills
    > Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 8:01 pm
    > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Subject: Eureka and story theory
    >
    > Wade,
    >
    > At 02:41 PM 3/15/01 -0500, you wrote:
    > >Then again, where is the mind at the moment of 'eureka!'
    >
    > >And is that not a place to be, if not always, sometimes?
    >
    > From an objective view, the mind [at the moment of eureka] is engaged in
    > a
    > story, maybe at the climax, maybe earlier in the sequence. When I think
    > about 'eureka!', I'm always reminded of Archemedes. In his story,
    > 'Eureka!' is pretty early. The story ends with a Roman soldier killing
    > Archemedes. The story sounds pretty exciting, but the ending ought to be
    > a
    > warning.
    >
    > Mark
    >
    >
    > http://www.htcomp.net/markmills
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