Re: CHAT Cartesian parataxis (was: ANNOUNCE: First longer sentence in S7)

Quoting Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>:

> I thought you referred to the original sentence of
> Descartes
In actuality, I refered to a statement of John Cowan's which I quoted right
above the text you were replying to. (Check it out in the archive if you're
interested - I'm too lazy to dig it up.)

> Remember of Chuang-Tseu who dreamed he was a
> butterfly, and when he woke up, he didn't know any
> more whether he was Chuang-Tseu dreaming he was a
> butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Chuang-Tseu.
Either interpretation involves dreaming, and therefore something which dreams.
I submit it's all rascally tale thought up by some upperclass Chinese with too
much time one his hands.
                                                          Andreas