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Re: Tlvn, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

From:Christophe Grandsire <grandsir@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 15, 1999, 13:12
Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Christophe Grandsire wrote: > > Reality (whatever it is) doesn't fit into small categories well defined. > > Dividing it into categories will make it easier to study things, but > > will make us also often miss some points. > > I couldn't agree with you more. However, it's quite impossible to study > reality without using neat little categories. >
Of course, as long as we don't forget that they are only neat tools to simplify things for our brains, nothing more, and as long as we accept that those categories can interact and often intersect.
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