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>From: silber@orfeo.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Silber)
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Subject: Ahah, Plato from behind (Re: "revisiting"+false dichotomies ... )
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Date: 13 Apr 92 16:06:00 GMT
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In article <1992Apr13.011832.11030@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:
>You completely misunderstand the argument.  Try reading it again, using a
>dictionary next time.  Good luck.
>
 Dismissive != discursive

 I think MZ adopts Plato's habit of taking things always from behind
 instead of head on.  

 Personally, I don't think I misunderstand his "argument", and he 
 fails to demonstrate otherwise, so as , I think Victor Hugo, once 
 said in minimalist rejoinder: " ! "


