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:* Pure Symbols

:* Pure Symbols

:: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-March/thread.html#2465

:: [http://web.archive.org/web/20141124153003/http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-March/thread.html#2465 2005 • March]

:: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-April/thread.html#2517

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:* Pure Symbols : Discussion

:* Pure Symbols : Discussion

:: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-March/thread.html#2466

:: [http://web.archive.org/web/20141124153003/http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-March/thread.html#2466 2005 • March]

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:: http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-May/thread.html#2654

:: [http://web.archive.org/web/20120421003708/http://stderr.org/pipermail/inquiry/2005-May/thread.html#2654 2005 • May]

And some will find an ethical principle in this freedom of interpretation.  The act of interpretation bears within it an inalienable degree of freedom.  In consequence of this truth, as far as the activity of interpretation goes, freedom and responsibility are the very same thing.  We cannot blame objects for what we say or what we think.  We cannot blame symbols for what we do.  We cannot escape our response ability.  We cannot escape our freedom.

And some will find an ethical principle in this freedom of interpretation.  The act of interpretation bears within it an inalienable degree of freedom.  In consequence of this truth, as far as the activity of interpretation goes, freedom and responsibility are the very same thing.  We cannot blame objects for what we say or what we think.  We cannot blame symbols for what we do.  We cannot escape our response ability.  We cannot escape our freedom.