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Strange article. Pretty sure the ancient greek translation is wrong in part too. They say: 'theōrhiā' means 'review', whereas it is obvious to me that it mean
by verisimi 1y ago
Strange article.
Pretty sure the ancient greek translation is wrong in part too.
They say: 'theōrhiā' means 'review', whereas it is obvious to me that it means 'theory'.
- arnsholt 1y agoThe Speculative Granmarian is the premier journal of satirical linguistics, so that’s probably intentional. =)
- baruz 1y agoI assume you’re joking, but θεωρίᾱ does mean a “looking at” or “a beholding” or “contemplation” from the verb θεωρέω, “to look at” or “observe.” Aristotle liked to use it for speculation or “theorizing” in the mental sense, but apparently that was due to Pythagoras’s influence. Checked my Bolchazy-Carducci reprint of Crosby and Schaeffer, and they do indeed immediately gloss θεωρίᾱ as “review.”
- stavros 1y agoYes, "I want to propose a theory" literally means "I want to propose a way of looking at things", or "I want to propose a viewpoint".