On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:31 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Agreed. My mantra about all notion is that it's indeterminate, indefinite, > multiplex, and -- the aspect that's most pertinent here -- transitory. You > cannot recall "exactly the same" notion a second time. Indeed, closely > observed, much notion is discerned to be changing even as you're > contemplating it. > Given that there is no mind-independent "meaning" to any word/phrase/image, > we can still talk about a sound/sight's "me-meaning" -- notion that comes > to mind whenever we hear or use the phrase. Notice I have to say "notion" > and not "THE notion". When I say "apelsin", or "milk", "democracy", > "designate" -- or even "Cleopatra!" -- what comes into your head are > solely bits > of memory retrieved and mosaicked by your racy brain as it frisks the > familiar sound, and creates your me-meaning. Even when I hear the term > "Beethoven's Ninth" a tumbling cataract of notion comes to mind -- notion > that's now > already different since I recently heard/saw that You-Tube "flash-mob" of > the "impromptu" playing of the end of the Ninth on a town plaza in > Spain. (I post the url again below in case you missed it) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=GBaHPND2QJg&feature=youtu.be > > - No two men ever judged alike of the same thing, and it is impossible to find two opinions exactly similar, not only in different men but in the same men at different times.
Michel Montaigne
