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I think it's folly to try and grasp the nuances of "Dummheit" as Bonhoeffer used it 80 years ago from our modern usage of the word. It depends on how the word w
by _hl_ 5y ago
I think it's folly to try and grasp the nuances of "Dummheit" as Bonhoeffer used it 80 years ago from our modern usage of the word. It depends on how the word was used at the time. Even today it depends on context, although generally you are right that it leans a little bit towards silly.
- guyomes 5y agoThis reminds me of a visualisation tool [0] for the distance between the meaning of words in french, based on databases of texts. I wonder if that would help to grasp the nuances in older times. [0]: https://www.cnrtl.fr/proxemie/sottise https://www.cnrtl.fr/proxemie/sottise