Re[8]: [tied] From here to eternity [was: *y-n,W- "subordinate"?]

At 5:30:15 AM on Saturday, November 22, 2008, Arnaud Fournet
wrote:

> From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>

[...]

>> But the details really don't matter, because 'short life' is
>> meaningless except by comparison with some longer span of
>> time; their average lifespan may look short to us, but it
>> was the only one that they knew. And if the comparison is
>> with those who do not die at all, then their actual lifespan
>> is irrelevant: the same argument would apply equally to
>> creatures whose average lifespan was a century or two.

> In other words, whatever reality is, it does not matter as
> regards your conclusions which are to be accepted as exact
> and right.

Marius had no trouble following the argument; I see no
reason to repeat his extended explanation.

Brian