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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Free will - some new reading..
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 01:35:16 EDT
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>> Instead of describing what he learned from this brilliant book's first and
>> last chapters, Carnes decides al he has to do is point me to them. [ROSEN]

> Consider that a) the book is no doubt copyrighted, b) it would take a lot of
> time to type stuff from it into the net -- time which you inexplicably seem
> to have in huge abundance, but which others may not have, c) a mind which was
> truly inquiring (and free) would seek out such books rather than spend all its
> time and energy defending its own position. [SARGENT]

Note that I did not ask for quotes from the book.  On the contrary, I asked
for just the opposite!  I wanted to hear precisely what the recommender learned
from the book, in his own words, NOT the final conclusion as quoted from
the book, but the reasoning (as understood [??] by the reader) that got us
there.  If that is not present, or available, I fear the judgment would be
against such a recommendation.  And I certainly don't expect you, Jeff
Sargent, to understand, based on what I have seen of how you choose beliefs,
apparently seeing no need for substantiation of the reasoning leading to a
conclusion.  Given the large number of available books in the world, one must
use such substantiation as a valid means of filtering out (at least as a start)
the worthwhile from the worthless.
-- 
"to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day
 to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human
 being can fight and never stop fighting."  - e. e. cummings
	Rich Rosen	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr