Solipsism:
All of reality consists of what exists in your own mind, your own
perception, your own imagination. There is no outside "real" reality.
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From a "practical" standpoint, this is absolutely correct. When you die, the
universe ends. At least as far as you're concerned.
Brian
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In a message dated 11/1/2007 2:08:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
jackessiebabe@yahoo.com writes:
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "King Fish" <vpkingfish@...> wrote:
Solopsism. It's not what you think it is.
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Since there are not very many posts that send me to the dictionary, I
am curious about this word. It is new to me. It is not listed in my
new 300,000 word Webster's Unabridged Dictionary or my ancient, two
volume New Century Dictionary which contains many archaic words;
the "century" being the one which began in 1900. ((O:
Would you be kind enough to enlighten me, and any other students of
etymology who might be interested, as to the meaning of the word
solopsism?
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