Re: Oligosynthetic languages in nature.

Eugene Oh wrote:
> Fuishiki Okamoto? Is that his real name? Because "fuishiki" in Japanese
> means "subconscious(ly)". Just wondering.
Interesting question. I had always assumed (not knowing that _fuishiki_
actually had a meaning in Japanese) that his name was Fuishiki. But a
quick Google gave several references to the guy as Rikishi [Fuishiki]
Okamoto. So it could well be that Fuishiki was a name that he adopted
for himself, maybe when, as he wries: "At the age of forty, it was
possible for me to gain assurance of what truth is, and I found out a
way how to obtain this absolute truth and supreme good."

> OT: Like how Aristotle's name can be parsed into aristos + teles, which
> reflects his philosophical writings.
	:)

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