2008/10/29 bryan_thx <bethexton_at_Y_dR1O_M0JzwlIIE5dT_DfFlDPxo9VajrxnBoG3MJoW70-dWuP9oiyLtm2-zSQQpozVFn0RgskRftz8.yahoo.invalid>:
> Just chipping in my thoughts here:
>
> I think 'being' is not equal to 'the sum of the things that you do.'
> Just like a sparrow is not defined by flying, eating seeds, singing
> particular songs, breeding in a particular way, etc. It IS a sparrow,
> with a nature suiting it for what it does. A swallow acting like a
> sparrow still is not a sparrow.
Bingo Bryan! A lot more elegant than the way I said it!
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John Machin
"Nothing is more beautiful than to know the All."
- Athanasius Kircher, 'The Great Art of Knowledge'.