so·lip·sism
Pronunciation: 'sO-l&p-"si-z&m, 'sä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin solus alone + ipse self
: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also : extreme egocentrism
- so·lip·sist /'sO-l&p-sist, 'sä-l&p-, s&-'lip-/ noun
- so·lip·sis·tic /"sO-l&p-'sis-tik, "sä-/ adjective
- so·lip·sis·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
...guilty at times of both definitions...
solipsism
Re: solipsism
sounds so existential to meso·lip·sism
Pronunciation: 'sO-l&p-"si-z&m, 'sä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin solus alone + ipse self
: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing; also : extreme egocentrism
- so·lip·sist /'sO-l&p-sist, 'sä-l&p-, s&-'lip-/ noun
- so·lip·sis·tic /"sO-l&p-'sis-tik, "sä-/ adjective
- so·lip·sis·ti·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
...guilty at times of both definitions...
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Darn scooped again...
solipsism is a great word and brings up so many other tie ins especially in philosophy. I am thinking about the debate of objective knowledge. Isn't it Plato that believed in objective knowing that you can truly know something as it truly is, versus some of my anti-platonian friends that don't believe that. Can one know oneself truely, well I suppose but to what end? I'm sure this word has a facinating history.
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eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
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Fear less, hope more;
eat less, chew more;
whine less, breathe more;
talk less, say more,
and all good things will be yours.
--R. Burns
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