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Article #1133Re: Beckett and the nature of knowledge
From: Michael P. Smith
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1987 15:05
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1987 15:05
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In article <8707120611.AA22416@brahms.Berkeley.EDU> obnoxio@brahms.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student) writes: >In article <9889@duke.cs.duke.edu>, mps@duke (Michael P. Smith) writes: >>I know that I am sitting here, by this computer, wearing shorts, >>holding this book in my hands, and so on. ... > > I, of whom I know nothing, I know my eyes are open, because > of the tears that pour from them unceasingly. I know I am > seated, my hands on my knees ... > --Samuel Beckett _The Unnameable_ > >ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720 I should add, so everyone may get the joke, that both Beckett and I were parodying Descartes in the first of his "Meditations on First Philosophy." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A good man is not required to have read every book or diligently mastered everything taught in school." R. Descartes Michael P. Smith ARPA mps@duke.cs.duke.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcnc!duke!mps From: mps@duke.cs.duke.edu (Michael P. Smith) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: Beckett and the nature of knowledge Message-ID: <9902@duke.cs.duke.edu> Date: Sun, 12-Jul-87 11:05:43 EDT Article-I.D.: duke.9902 Posted: Sun Jul 12 11:05:43 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Jul-87 01:14:11 EDT References: <9889@duke.cs.duke.edu> <8707120611.AA22416@brahms.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: mps@duke.UUCP (Michael P. Smith) Distribution: world Organization: Duke University, Durham NC Lines: 22 Keywords: knowledge, Beckett, Descartes Summary: Footnote: Descartes