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Old 2008-01-18, 12:27 PM   #1
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When two people meet, there are really six people present

William James said: "When two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each person as he sees himself, each person as the other person sees him, and each person as he really is."

This makes me think: I'm going to need a bigger car.

It also makes me wonder: How many people are present when I'm here all alone?

Did William James fall through the looking glass?

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Old 2008-01-18, 01:36 PM   #2
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William James said: "When two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each person as he sees himself, each person as the other person sees him, and each person as he really is."
Hard to define if the "person as he really is" is a separate entity or a mix of both other persons
... wich brings the question:
Is this the issue you wanted to debate on or will you hit the "New thread" button?
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Old 2008-01-18, 01:44 PM   #3
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William James said: "When two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each person as he sees himself, each person as the other person sees him, and each person as he really is."

This makes me think: I'm going to need a bigger car.

It also makes me wonder: How many people are present when I'm here all alone?

Did William James fall through the looking glass?

Billy
As a Unitarian Universalist, I'd have to reject this rather trinitarian view of human beings. I'd think it distinctly un-interspiritual as well.

Put another way, it might be a useful concept though.
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Old 2008-01-18, 01:57 PM   #4
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The person you think you ought to be
The person you'd like to be
The person you can't help being


Then there's the Parent/Adult/Child trinity of Transactional Analysis.

There are several similar concepts, and they are all useful sometimes.
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Old 2008-01-18, 03:38 PM   #5
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There is each person as he sees himself
I think this only applies if there is a mirror. Without the mirror there would only be four.

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Did William James fall through the looking glass?
Only if there was a mirror. If he falls through the looking glass how many people are left in the room?
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Old 2008-01-18, 04:17 PM   #6
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I went to see Marc Maron last night and he said something that popped into my head as I was reading this thread:

"If you find yourself yelling at your girlfriend, the only thing you should be yelling is, 'Why can't you be like my mommy!'"

So, Mike, how does that fit into the "trinity of Transactional Analysis"?
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I went to see Marc Maron
I always wondered what that guy looked like. I've listened to him on Air America Radio. I like his politics pretty much, but like most stand up comics doing talk radio most of what he says turns out to be about him in one way or the other.
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William James said: "When two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each person as he sees himself, each person as the other person sees him, and each person as he really is."
n + n*(n-1) + n = n*(n+1)

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It also makes me wonder: How many people are present when I'm here all alone?
1*(1+1) = 2
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Old 2008-01-18, 08:56 PM   #9
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I always wondered what that guy looked like. I've listened to him on Air America Radio. I like his politics pretty much, but like most stand up comics doing talk radio most of what he says turns out to be about him in one way or the other.
Raphael,

He was talking about you recently.

his blog is really funny, too. --nice link!

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He was talking about you recently.
That wouldn't surprise me at all.
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I was wondering why there was no room in the cubicle when I was taking my morning constitutional crap at work.
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I was wondering why there was no room in the cubicle when I was taking my morning constitutional crap at work.
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Old 2008-01-20, 02:12 AM   #14
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Billy, please help me. Does each voice inside my head count as one?
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