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Old 09-07-2004, 09:26 AM   #6
jdbutler
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Catwoman
Who would I be if all these symbols, experiences, associations were taken away from my interpretation of me? I am not a product of my past. If I removed everything subjective and irrelevant from that sentence I would be left with:

'I am alive.'

So now explore what 'being alive' means (the key is in this sentence).
Interesting concept...I've often wondered what a newborn "thought", or even if it could think. It's like us older folks thinking "Where will "I" go when 'I' die". A similar question might be "Where was 'I' before I was born?'. Boggles the mind. In any event, Popeye had the answer.
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