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To: Joseph Silent who wrote (97972)	1/17/2013 10:47:35 PM
From: Robin Plunder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218642

"Well then, let's take an example to make my point. What is the meaning of "God"? And what is the meaning of "I" ? What does it mean to say that "God is all powerful" ?" before one tries to ask for the meaning of a word, one needs to understand the premises that underlie the concept of 'word'. existence exists...existence is identity....consciousness is identification.... to define the concept of 'existent', one only has to observe the world, every experience we have contains some aspect of observation of existents, ie an ostensive definition. When we say 'existent', we only have to look at the world to see examples of 'existent'. God is not actually in this world (ie, is in the supernatural), so would not be a good starting point for philosophy or for understanding the meaning of words. 'I' could be a concept to discuss, but better to start with existent... rp