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John VanZwieten wrote:
> SCOTT R DENNETT <dennett@agate.net> wrote in message
> news:199905131722230490.02070F5A@agate.net...
> > > So maybe we should call it the "Galaxy Infiltrator?" ...and
> > > now I wonder, regardless of Darth Maul's minifigness, is he
> > > really a "person?"
> > >
> > > LFB.
> >
> > As in the movie?? No he is some sort of alien.
>
> How sapien-centric of you. "Person" is not synonomous with "human," but rather
> implies sentience.
Sapience and sentience indeed aren't the same
thing--sentience is the ability to perceive and
discern by the senses, while sapience is knowledge
or wisdom. Many argue (granted, most are in PETA)
that mammals--or all animals--are sentient at some
level. I can't use "person" for them. I'd argue that
Darth Maul is probably quite sapient, but all definitions
for "person" (Webster's, OED, etc) that mention
self-conscious beings *also* mention human as a part
of the definition. So the question seems still open.
Does anyone know what race he's supposed to be
from? Makes me wonder if maybe he's a Mandalorian
(like Fett supposedly is). D'ya think he has any ink
poisoning from that darn tattoo?
Followups set to lugnet.off-topic.debate.
LFB.
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| SCOTT R DENNETT <dennett@agate.net> wrote in message news:199905131722230...ate.net... (...) How sapien-centric of you. "Person" is not synonomous with "human," but rather implies sentience. -John Van (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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