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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Wordless, I am alone. #125291 03/16/2004 2:24 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK I've lost a word. Not senility, I remember that one . Would someone very kindly remind me of the word for the belief that only oneself exists and that all else is the product of ones own mind. I've been trying to find it for two days without success and it's irritating . Thanks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wordless, I am alone. #125292 03/16/2004 2:26 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Solipsism. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wordless, I am alone. #125293 03/16/2004 2:28 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Wonderful!! Thank you very much indeed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wordless, I am alone. #125294 03/16/2004 2:50 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California ... solus (or sola) ipse 'oneself alone' ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wordless, I am alone. #125295 03/16/2004 3:18 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Here is a URL with discussion of the concept. http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:Ni_dgQE61skJ:www.iep.utm.edu/s/solipsis.htm+solipsism&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Wordless, I am alone. #125296 03/16/2004 3:43 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I allus figgered ifn I was gone imagine all this I'd'a done it with a bigger paycheck. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: immovable object secking omnipotent farce #125297 03/16/2004 3:56 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Yahs, but ain't theism just lopsided solipsism? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: lopsided solipsism #125298 03/16/2004 4:07 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 There ya go. Just wish whoever it was woulda imagined me a little richer. Mebbe I look too much like Tevya. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: immovable object secking omnipotent farce #125299 03/16/2004 7:24 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City inselpeter Pooh-Bah inselpeter Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 2,379 New York City >>theism lopsided solipsism<< Is solipsism binary? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: immovable object secking omnipotent farce #125300 03/17/2004 12:33 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 . . . only when you imagine that look in the mirror Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: immovable object secking omnipotent farce #125301 03/17/2004 2:39 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Is solipsism binary? Yes, it can be, though it's usually considered to be ternary. It's also associative and transitive. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: immovable object secking omnipotent farce #125302 03/17/2004 4:24 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Thank you, everyone, for all that input; "...ask, and ye shall receive..." John 16:23. 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