Re: Language Creation: The International Language Construction

En réponse à John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

>
> Oh yes, of course, me too: I was speaking of doing something *because*
> it conformed to a principle, not merely acting in accordance with one.
> After all, it is a principle with me not to be run over by cars,
> so I make sure to cross the road only when none of them are running
> over me.  But I don't do this *because* I have this principle, but
> merely to stay alive.
>
I'm sorry, but I just fail to see the difference. Being run over by cars cannot
be called a principle. It's a matter of survival and survival has nothing to do
with principles. What is the difference between acting *because* or *according
to* a principle? To me, the only reason you could act *according to* a
principle is *because* you have this principle. What is acting *because* of
principle? To me, it sounds like you have various possible courses of action,
and you pick up the one that is in accordance with your own principles. In this
way, I just don't see the difference between *according to* and *because of* a
principle.

I think we must have a different definition of *principle*, because I entirely
fail to see your point...

Christophe.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

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