This info about your name is fascinating, and gives the lie to the old
Gertrude Stein adage, ‘ a rose is a rose is a rose, etc’.
Stein was wrong, as you prove, in trying to reduce the mystery of personal identity
to a childish name game without meaning.
June 11th, 2003 at 12:44 pm
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This info about your name is fascinating, and gives the lie to the old
Gertrude Stein adage, ‘ a rose is a rose is a rose, etc’.
Stein was wrong, as you prove, in trying to reduce the mystery of personal identity
to a childish name game without meaning.
See you soon
Gregory
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June 12th, 2003 at 2:51 am
It’s also the flip side of “be careful what you ask for,” which is why we call them “given” names. Hey-ho.