[1] From: Patrick Allen <patrick.allen@stir.ac.uk> (6)
Subject: RE: 11.0117 paranoia about lurkers?
[2] From: Alfredo Elejalde <elejalde@pucp.edu.pe> (19)
Subject: Re: 11.0117 paranoia about lurkers?
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 10:48:22 +0100
From: Patrick Allen <patrick.allen@stir.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: 11.0117 paranoia about lurkers?
So far, I have only been a lurker on this list. I now think that it is
time for me to "come out". Can I just say that I get an enormous amount
of pleasure and knowledge out of just reading contributions to the list
- that's when I get time to read them.
I am now curious about the the relationship between pleasure and
knowledge - any thoughts?
Patrick Allen.
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Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 15:54:35 -0500 (GMT-0500)
From: Alfredo Elejalde <elejalde@pucp.edu.pe>
Subject: Re: 11.0117 paranoia about lurkers?
> The lurker on one thread may be the contributor to the next. May I
> quote Molie\re. In the burlesque ceremony of intronisation of Monsieur
> Jourdain as "Mamamouchi", the "Turks" chant, in the Mediterranean
> _lingua franca_:-
>
> Si ti sabir,
> Ti respondir.
> Si no sabir,
> Taisir, taisir...
>
> This should be the battle-cry of all scholarly discussion-lists...
>
> Franc,ois C-R
Out of this same light, out of the central mind,
We make a dwelling in the evening air,
In which being there together is enough.
(Stevens, Wallace. Final Soliloquoy of the Interior Paramour)
Alfredo Elejalde F.
elejalde@pucp.edu.pe
http://macareo.pucp.edu.pe/elejalde
[Editorial footnote. When I wrote my note about lurkers (self-knowledge,
such as I have it, engaged) I meant only to encourage those with something
to say. What a delight to have poetry in response! --WM]