In order for 15th - 16th century physicians (a name derived from Greek) to deploy Greek terms, they had to at least read Greek. My guess is that they ...
Very respectful, but classical Greek is by now fair game. Greece became a Roman province in the 1st/2nd century BC. I referenced you because you are k...
The elite in the Roman Empire didn't just speak Latin, they spoke and wrote 'educated' Latin. After the Empire established a western and eastern divis...
Good to hear from you. Interesting question -- why did medicine go with Greek instead of Latin? Latin would be the language of choice for a lot of the...
True - Old English did not exist in either 100 b.c.e. or 100 c.e., but the language of the people who invaded Britain and that evolved into Old Englis...
I seldom hear "copacetic" in these parts (upper midwest); it was perhaps used more commonly 40 or 50 years ago. Too Much Information Department C. E. ...
Welcome to The Philosophy Forum, internet cave man. You might like this quote from Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900: It is only shallow people who do not judge ...
During the medieval period (500 - 1500 c.e.) "heresies" were rife -- some of them sounding quite acceptable in these latter days of Christendom. At ti...
Besides, the untrue liberal Christians are busy praying to God to PLEASE ignore the prayers of fundamentalist Christians. There seems to be a lot of e...
They are tall. The average height of Serbian men is 5 feet 11 inches--an inch less than the average Dutch man. In any event, the Nephlim. whatever the...
Not to worry. However, your old (doddering cane-wielding white-bearded) elders have arrived at a state where our brains are full of knowledge (and wis...
Well, not always jealous and angry. Isaiah 43: I have called you by your name, you are mine. ... Should you pass through the sea, I will be with you; ...
Perhaps we are focused too much on Israel. There has been a long series of wars all over the world throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. The totals ...
The giants the spies saw in Canaan were probably Dutch tourists. The Dutch are the tallest people on earth especially back then. These tall Deutsch fo...
You are absolutely correct. Thank you for pointing out my error. My demographic picture is faulty -- but there are conflicting ways of presenting info...
A great narrative beats "the facts" every time. There's no such place as Middle Earth, but that hasn't kept me from spending a lot of time there. Like...
I haven't read the Gospel of Thomas (I have heard about it). Jesus was presumably 29 or 30 when he started doing what he became famous for. Had he bee...
Inventing persistent people is more difficult (imho) than attributing words to people. Jesus probably existed; his actual existence might not be the e...
Given your "passing, fleeting, even" interest in history, how did you go about determining that there was no evidence for what Goebbels did or did not...
You probably should have, but it depends. Life plans? A liberal arts BA with a major in English, History, Philosophy, etc. is acceptable for many empl...
True. States are abstractions which do not have human qualities. I think what "nations have interests" means is that when people assume the roles of s...
You are probably right. Neither "kill them all" nor "expel them all" has been sayable. Instead, "defeat Hamas"; "render Gaza ungovernable". Substitute...
The level of destruction in Gaza is very troubling. There are no intact buildings in large swaths of the territory. Water/sewer service is wrecked. Ga...
Whether or not you see a shred of legitimacy in Israel's defensive war, you are probably aware that war generally results in quite a bit of indiscrimi...
I don't know. Could be. Christianity (at an early stage under Constantine) became Romanized. The Empire was a very multilingual, multiethnic, multi-cr...
I've spent quite a bit of time over the decades criticizing and denouncing US policy. However, "states" -- be the United States, Germany, Iran, Thaila...
That there is a hell, or hades--a gruesome realm opposite a heaven--where anybody is tortured is enough to turn one off on all three Abrahamic religio...
Capitol Hill in Washington wasn't laid out with ley lines intersecting the Rotunda. Be that as it may, vaster sums of money than Canberra's have regul...
Weird! Ley lines sound like Celtic flavored malarky. The ancient Celts at least had the excuse of living a long time ago. Definitely not recommended b...
Past, Present, Future, or Future Subjunctive wishes for a Happy New Year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znl6z4BJpiA Scottish folk singer, educator a...
As it happens, Schrödinger came up with the idea of superposition a couple of years after visiting the Four Corners site in 1932. The site was created...
Here's a picture of the Four Corners Monument. where 4 US states--Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado--meet. It's treated like some sort of natura...
Had I been drunk I would have fallen off my chair before I would have been able to post a picture of plaid pants, spurs, and octopods escaping jars. N...
Octopuses suck. By the pedantic way, 'octopi' is incorrect because 'octopus' is based on Greek ' octo' -- eight -- and pous/pod --foot-- not Latin. Go...
My apologies to you for not recognizing that your use of the term "genocide" is the bureaucratic definition used by the UN. I consider their definitio...
Some things just shouldn't be done! https://64.media.tumblr.com/f96dfbb35442879a361679836ec5c579/e58c952119dbcfa3-c9/s1280x1920/0668c7555a60bbe8bff769...
You, Benkie, and others who are perfectly capable of more precise language are falling back on terms applicable to the Nazi extermination of Jews. Isr...
I understand that you wish to denounce Israel for establishing itself, for dispossessing Palestinians, and for generally treating Palestinians roughly...
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