Books are meaningless
Books are meaningless
Books are meaningless. Books only gain meaning if some one reads them. ETC ETC
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Re: Books are meaningless
I'm not sure if I'm being too harsh or not, but your post asked for it since its stated so empirically.
I seems like you are saying our society would have somehow been better off, if the Gutenberg printing press had never existed in medieval history. Wow, it seems to me that you may be in need of a book. I have to ask, how many books have you read? Just curious! And if you didn't read, from where does this great insight come?
Re: Books are meaningless
I(t) seems like you are saying our society would have somehow been better off, if the Gutenberg printing press had never existed in medieval history.Mortalsfool wrote: ↑Mon Dec 10, 2018 6:20 amI'm not sure if I'm being too harsh or not, but your post asked for it since its stated so empirically.
I seems like you are saying our society would have somehow been better off, if the Gutenberg printing press had never existed in medieval history. Wow, it seems to me that you may be in need of a book. I have to ask, how many books have you read? Just curious! And if you didn't read, from where does this great insight come?
I can't deny it may seem like that to you. But that is not what I meant to say, and that is not what I said. If you would please re-read the entire post, not just the first sentence I had written. My original post is not long, you don't have to exert yourself too much. True, you have to read a second sentence, and that may prove to be too much for the attention span for some of the readers.
Since your original premis is wrong, I don't need to answer the rest of your corollaries.
Re: Books are meaningless
The meaning of a book, which is independent of its use, is the purpose for which it is designed.
In other words, a book can be used as a doorstop, or the pages can be ripped out for fire starter or for wiping this and that, but that is not the designed purpose of the book, therefore that is not the meaning of the book.
Whether or not it has been identified, everything that exists has a purpose, or else it would not exist.
Crack open a book and discover the purpose (meaning) of the book, which is to communicate with words, numbers, and various graphics.
In other words, a book can be used as a doorstop, or the pages can be ripped out for fire starter or for wiping this and that, but that is not the designed purpose of the book, therefore that is not the meaning of the book.
Whether or not it has been identified, everything that exists has a purpose, or else it would not exist.
Crack open a book and discover the purpose (meaning) of the book, which is to communicate with words, numbers, and various graphics.
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Re: Books are meaningless
-1-, are you saying, in effect, something like knowledge is not knowledge without a knower?
Re: Books are meaningless
One can buy fake books to decorate the shelves of one’s “library”, but if someone were to attempt to read one of the “books” that would destroy its intended meaning and purpose.
Or one can buy real books to serve a similar purpose. Handsome leather bound editions of poorly translated classics or au courant titles left unopened, carefully arranged in a casual manner on coffee tables.
For those without money to spend on such things, name dropping is much more economical, but not without risks.
Or one can buy real books to serve a similar purpose. Handsome leather bound editions of poorly translated classics or au courant titles left unopened, carefully arranged in a casual manner on coffee tables.
For those without money to spend on such things, name dropping is much more economical, but not without risks.
Re: Books are meaningless
-1-: Are you trying to uncover the meaning of, you can't judge a book by its cover?
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Re: Books are meaningless
Hi,-1-, I think I got it! Modifying your quote, "Cars are meaningless. Cars only gain meaning if some one drives them. ETC ETC"
INANE! Straight out of the Troll's handbook.
INANE! Straight out of the Troll's handbook.
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Re: Books are meaningless
save the planet, paper production is forbidden
read what google tells you to read
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read what google tells you to read
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Re: Books are meaningless
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I think I know you well enough to assume you are getting a good chuckle out of all of this. Yes?
I think I know you well enough to assume you are getting a good chuckle out of all of this. Yes?
Re: Books are meaningless
Thank you all for your meaningful replies. I read them all, so I can assure you they have meaning. Or at least they had a meaning, your replies had a meaning, when I was reading them. I can't guarantee that they still have a meaning. Maybe you should read them, too, and then you will find out.
"If a written sentence falls in a forest, and there is nobody around there to read it, does it still have a meaning?"
The opening post was meant to be (meaning?) a corollary on somebody else's similar opening post in this same forum, but I forgot now whose it was, and what its title was.
"If a written sentence falls in a forest, and there is nobody around there to read it, does it still have a meaning?"
The opening post was meant to be (meaning?) a corollary on somebody else's similar opening post in this same forum, but I forgot now whose it was, and what its title was.
Re: Books are meaningless
It's true, books are meaningless unless they're read. Without readers books are just paper whose pages you can use to wrap fish in or in case you run out of toilet paper.