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For me, the idea of having it on paper, is also that the definition of words can't be changed to please modern sensibilities. I reckon I don't have an encyclop
by wtcactus 3y ago
For me, the idea of having it on paper, is also that the definition of words can't be changed to please modern sensibilities.
I reckon I don't have an encyclopaedia – my parents didn't have that much money growing up, and now, I don't have that much space available (not sure if they are even printed in my language anymore). But I do have a very prized (personally) big dictionary from the 80s, that my father used with his studies.
It's scary, to see how certain words totally changed their meaning in a few decades, and it's great to be able to go and look them out to get some context on a few themes. Be certain, that the Overton window, did move radically in one direction.