Re: CLL lo'e broda is lo jai ka broda (was: Mr. Bird has

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, John Cowan wrote:

> Invent Yourself scripsit:
>
> > I think you're trying to say that the most we can say about Mr. Bird is
> > that he has the minimal properties shared by 'all birds'. I believe this
> > is given by lo jai ka cipni; whereas le'e = le jai ka cipni.
>
> No, because it's true that <theKind> cipni se viska mi, which is not a property
> shared by ro lo cipni.


You're right; lo jai ka cipni is not instantiable. For if it's
instantiated here, that would imply that being right here is a property
that's intrinsic to birdness.



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