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		mek6800d2 on Jan 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lisp: Good News, Bad News, How to Win Big (1990) [... Wait a minute! Douglas Hofstadter predates Plato??!! I learn something new everyday! :)

coldtea on Jan 24, 2022 [–]

That would be "all the way to Plato and earlier -and from there- all the way to Hofstadter".

That said, there are probably several senses in which Douglas Hofstadter predates Plato, even more if you believe in reincarnation...

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