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There was a time when "grasping" something was a literal thing. Strangely enough, however, I only became aware of this when I studied Hegel and some even more o
by Borrible 3y ago
There was a time when "grasping" something was a literal thing. Strangely enough, however, I only became aware of this when I studied Hegel and some even more obscure texts from Friedrich Engels about Darwin and the importance of the hand for human evolution.Probably his 'Dialectics of Nature'.
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- keepamovin 3y agoYes, and the word "comprehend" has the root "prehendere" which means "grasp". You can even see the word "hend" in there I think! :)
- fsckboy 3y agoand apprehend in French comprendre is "to understand", and prendre is "to take"