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-Importance is important.  But meaning is meaningful.  Here we are at the
+Importance is important.
-crux of the matter, for both meaning and importance are also
+But meaning is meaningful.
-human-formed.  So it would seem that nothing is important or meaningful,
+Here we are at the crux of the matter, for both meaning and importance are also human-formed.
-if importance and meaning are of themselves only products of the
+So it would seem that nothing is important or meaningful, if importance and meaning are of themselves only products of the fallible human intellect.
-fallible human intellect.  But here is the great secret: *so is the
+But here is the great secret: *so is the fallibility of the human intellect a mere product of the fallible human intellect.*
-fallibility of the human intellect a mere product of the fallible human
+The question here arises: Is anything real, and not a mere invention of a mistaken human mind?
-intellect.* The question here arises: Is anything real, and not a mere
+By real of course I mean "that which is *on its own terms*," that is, without any [modification][] on the part of mankind by observing it.
-invention of a mistaken human mind?  By real of course I mean
+But such a thing is impossible to be known, for if it be known it has certainly been observed by someone, and so it is not on its own terms but on the terms of the observer.
-"that which is *on its own terms*," that is, without any [modification][] on
+So it cannot be known if anything exists on its own terms, for it exists on its own terms we certainly will not know anything about it.
-the part of mankind by observing it.  But such a thing is impossible to
-be known, for if it be known it has certainly been observed by someone,
-and so it is not on its own terms but on the terms of the observer.  So
-it cannot be known if anything exists on its own terms, for it exists on
-its own terms we certainly will not know anything about it.
-By this it is possible to see that nothing is knowable without the
+By this it is possible to see that nothing is knowable without the mediating factor of our mind fucking up the "[raw][]," the "real" world.
-mediating factor of our mind fucking up the "[raw][]," the "real" world.  But
+But by this time it would seem that this chapter is far far too philosophical, not to mention pretentious, so I must try again.
-by this time it would seem that this chapter is far far too
-philosophical, not to mention pretentious, so I must try again.
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14	link: purpose-dogs	14	link: purpose-dogs
15	...	15	...
16		16
17	Importance is important. But meaning is meaningful. Here we are at the	17	Importance is important.
18	crux of the matter, for both meaning and importance are also	18	But meaning is meaningful.
19	human-formed. So it would seem that nothing is important or meaningful,	19	Here we are at the crux of the matter, for both meaning and importance are also human-formed.
20	if importance and meaning are of themselves only products of the	20	So it would seem that nothing is important or meaningful, if importance and meaning are of themselves only products of the fallible human intellect.
21	fallible human intellect. But here is the great secret: *so is the	21	But here is the great secret: so is the fallibility of the human intellect a mere product of the fallible human intellect.
22	fallibility of the human intellect a mere product of the fallible human	22	The question here arises: Is anything real, and not a mere invention of a mistaken human mind?
23	intellect.* The question here arises: Is anything real, and not a mere	23	By real of course I mean "that which is on its own terms," that is, without any [modification][] on the part of mankind by observing it.
24	invention of a mistaken human mind? By real of course I mean	24	But such a thing is impossible to be known, for if it be known it has certainly been observed by someone, and so it is not on its own terms but on the terms of the observer.
25	"that which is on its own terms," that is, without any [modification][] on	25	So it cannot be known if anything exists on its own terms, for it exists on its own terms we certainly will not know anything about it.
26	the part of mankind by observing it. But such a thing is impossible to
27	be known, for if it be known it has certainly been observed by someone,
28	and so it is not on its own terms but on the terms of the observer. So
29	it cannot be known if anything exists on its own terms, for it exists on
30	its own terms we certainly will not know anything about it.
31		26
32	By this it is possible to see that nothing is knowable without the	27	By this it is possible to see that nothing is knowable without the mediating factor of our mind fucking up the "[raw][]," the "real" world.
33	mediating factor of our mind fucking up the "[raw][]," the "real" world. But	28	But by this time it would seem that this chapter is far far too philosophical, not to mention pretentious, so I must try again.
34	by this time it would seem that this chapter is far far too
35	philosophical, not to mention pretentious, so I must try again.
36		29
37	[modification]: i-am.html	30	[modification]: i-am.html
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