Ancient Greek terms worth reviving
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Ancient Greek terms worth reviving
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#2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnothi_seauton_(disambiguation...
was one i thought would be on there.
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#3Xenia plays a very important role in both the Iliad and the Odyssey. The idea of obligations running in both directions makes it a much richer concept than simple “hospitality.”
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#4Almost all these words still exist in modern Greek, they’re still being used
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#5Almost all these words still exist in modern Greek, they’re still being used
Clearly the author means "revived in modern intellectual discourse in the English language". And some of them already have, e.g. eudaimonia as described by the ancient Greeks is brought up all the time in the literature on "positive psychology".
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#6Xenia plays a very important role in both the Iliad and the Odyssey. The idea of obligations running in both directions makes it a much richer concept than simple “hospitality.”
That sounds very interesting. What were these obligations?
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#7I was lucky to have taken a greco-roman class in (public) high school and consider myself fortunate that the terms 'arete' 'oikos' and 'aidos' were covered. Fundamental to who I (hope) I am today.
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#8I have been several times confused by the word "arete" - because in French (arête) it's a kind of rock formation and has been taken up by the rock climbing community, and in Greek (ἀρετή) it's "excellence."
There's a coffee shop near me, attached to and co-operated by a climbing gear store, called arête. The proximity to the climbing store suggests one interpretation, but it is an excellent coffee shop.
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#9Robwords (Rob Watts) YouTube channel about words and language had a Medieval words to bring back some of you may like too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wd08CqED0w&t=832s
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