Perikles |
February 03, 2010 03:23 AM |
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Originally Posted by Ambarina
(Post 70986)
Saw the news and it looked scary. Hope everything's OK with you.
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Yes, we are ok now, but I have never seen such rain, quite unbelievable. No damage to us, but plenty of damage to roads and other houses. Thanks for asking. :)
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Originally Posted by laepelba
(Post 70985)
Perikles - you and I are SO similar. I love pondering the set of all sets, which can't exist, of course, because it can't be a member of itself. I LOVE MATH!! :)
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It is the mathematical urge to create a general order, but language does not fit well. I remember when learning Ancient Greek, my grammar book gave lists of all noun declensions (very difficult, I think 14 different ones and hundreds of irregular ones). One such declension was the name Socrates, declined only in the singular. Obviously, because he was unique.
Later, I stumbled on a text which translated as "even if we had had 10 Socrateses...."
Edit: oops sorry mods. (smack bottom smiley)
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