Properties Are Possessions

-- 1 She has a nice sense of humor.

-- 2 He lost his tolerance for alcohol.

-- 3 She gained a new equanimity.

-- 4 He got his red hair from his mother.

-- 5 He gave his son a sense of self-worth.

-- 6 He gives his art a certain integrity.

Note: "He acquired a bad temper."is clearly PROPERTIES ARE POSSESSIONS, and means what we wouldexpect--a bad temper is a fairly permanent trait. But"He got mad"is quite different--it is not permanent, and is actually more like a STATE! STATES ARE LOCATIONS is interacting transitively with LOCATIONS ARE POSSESSIONS to create something that looks very much like PROPERTIES ARE POSSESSIONS!

Comparison Of Properties Is Comparison Of Possessions

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