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Jack is afraid of Jill
Jill is afraid of Jack
Jack is more afraid of Jill
if Jack thinks
that Jill thinks
that Jack is afraid of Jill
Jill is more afraid of Jack
if Jill thinks
that Jack thinks
that Jill is afraid of Jack
Since Jack is afraid
that Jill will think that
Jack is afraid
Jack pretends that
Jack is not afraid of Jill
so that Jill will be more afraid of Jack
and since Jill is afraid
that Jack will think that
Jill is afraid
Jill pretends that
Jill is not afraid of Jack
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Thus
Jack tries to make Jill afraid
by not being afraid of Jill
and Jill tries to make Jack afraid
by not being afraid of Jack
The more Jack is afraid of Jill
the more frightened is Jack that
Jill will think
that Jack is afraid
the more Jill is afraid of Jack
the more frightened is Jill that
Jack will think
that Jill is afraid
the more afraid Jack is of Jill
the more frightened Jack is
not to be frightened of Jill
because it is very dangerous not to be afraid when
faced with one so dangerous
Jack is frightened because Jill is dangerous
Jill appears dangerous because Jack is frightened
the more afraid Jill is of Jack
the more frightened Jill is
not to be frightened of Jack
(R. D. Laing, Knots, pp.77-78)
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