Re: E Pluribus Unum

["John M" <***>]

One-ness is fine. If you 'have' to identify it, you imply a "not oneness" from which your definition will separates the 'unit'.

Like an "atheist" (IMO) requires a god to deny.

John

----- Original Message -----

From: Judith Rosen

To: ***

Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 4:05 PM

Subject: Re: E Unum, Pluribus?

Thanks, John M., for your kind words. I often consider myself the outsider on the list, even though my name is Rosen.

 

I looked up unit in my Websters unabridged, and it says, "Derived from Latin, unitas, meaning one-ness. Which dictionary have you got? I know that the Oxford, for example,  often has different definitions than Websters so I like to make comparisons.

 

Cheers,

Judith

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "John M" <***>

To: <***>

Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:34 AM

Subject: Re: [ROSEN] Single atom universes, etc.

> Judith,
> a beautiful post you wrote!
> did it occur to you that the term "unit" is derived from 'more than one'?
SNIP