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Word meanings evolve. Virtue literally means "manliness" in Classical Latin but only a pedantic dick would insist we use it in that sense. Polis and it's relate
by sapphicsnail 1y ago
Word meanings evolve. Virtue literally means "manliness" in Classical Latin but only a pedantic dick would insist we use it in that sense. Polis and it's related words meant something different to the Greeks than they do to us.
- lesuorac 1y agoRight, "Politics" evolved from "affairs of the cities" to "the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources.".
- doubletwoyou 1y agoit’s the current meaning he’s reciting he’s just adding etymological context
- hekkle 1y agoWell akchooally the word man up until very recently meant human, so manliness, meant the state of being manly, AKA a human.