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- From: hoffmann@plantain.cps.msu.edu (Lisa M Hoffmann)
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- Subject: Re: all-knowing=not
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.172729.12262@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 17:27:29 GMT
- References: <1992Nov2.201941.10910@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov2.201941.10910@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- rtodd@uoft02.utoledo.edu writes:
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- >
- >
- > is it possible to be all knowing and not know it ??
- >
- > ref: TNG:True Q
- maybe...of course the Q don't claim to be all knowing as far as I can
- recall... the word they use is omnipotent (which my dictionary defines as
- "having virtually unlimited authority or influence"), not omniscient
- ("having infinite awareness, understanding and insight", i.e.
- all-knowing). Of course, I suppose it could be argued that the one
- encompasses the other...
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- Lisa Hoffmann
- hoffmann@cps.msu.edu
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