> > > >Dependence presumes a hierarchy.... What about attachment?
> >>
> >> It appears that your reasoning is circular -- as in
> "dependence is
> >> hierarchical because it presumes a hierarchy."
> >
> >Yoshie -- the concept of dependence is about hierarchy -- something
> >leans on, hangs from etc, is defined entirely by because it presumes
> >the existence of something else
>
> Perhaps, you don't understand what circular reasoning is.
Sure, like I can't read... In what way do you actually disagree with what I'm saying? Catherine