"What is often mistermed as plagiarism is more precisely 'talent.'"

Written by bookofjoe
Published February 26, 2005

I stumbled upon this provocative statement just now.

The rest of Fuller's thought: "'Plagiarism' is an ethical off-shoot label of the false property illusion described in our phantom captain chapter."

The above statements are from his first published book (1938), "Nine Chains to the Moon."

The first chapter of that first book is one sentence long — but, as I recall, many years after first reading it, that one sentence is ten pages long.

And yet the sentence/chapter is perfectly clear, understandable and logical, and reads beautifully.

So much so that I just went to Amazon to buy another copy of the book (I've read and given away three or four over the years) so that I can reread that sentence.

In it, Fuller provides the best description of the wonder and mystery of consciousness I've yet encountered.

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#1 — February 27, 2005 @ 04:24AM — Temple Stark [URL]

>>phantom captain chapter

WTF does that refer to?

And yes such a sentence would tend to catch my eye as well.

What is the greater context here?

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