[Glorantha] Re: Glorantha Digest, Vol 12, Issue 164

Glorantha-request_at_rpglist.org wrote:

>Everything with discrete (material or immaterial)
>> existence is a _being_ ; everything with its own
>> soul, essence, or spirit is an _entity_.
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>Right.... you know, this list needs a permanent
>glossary somewhere. That's a great definition, with
>good examples (snipped), and a useful distinction to
>make.
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>And it also means that almost anything I'd normally
>refer to as an entity (I design databases for a
>living) is, in your terms, a being
>
FWIW, the Concise OED gives almost the exact opposite definitions for the two words that Julian does (it says an entity is any thing with discrete existence, while a being is any individual living thing), so I suspect it would be unwise to extend the definitions being used here beyond this particular discussion :)

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Trotsky
Gamer and Skeptic

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