To: SunkenCiv
Reading Herodotus' passage alongside Lucretius' De rerum natura and Plato's Cratylus, I argue that Herodotus exploits an ambiguity in terms φωνή and ἔπος in order to point out the particular difficulty of determining where language begins and mere sound-making ends. That's what I've been saying for years!
/sarc
6 posted on
06/03/2025 1:17:44 AM PDT by
rhinohunter
(I don’t know if God is a Republican, but I am metaphysically certain that satan is a democrat)
To: rhinohunter
LOL... yeah, this topic has "Friday Undead" written all over it. Although, not as much as my often-mentioned Bison topic.
7 posted on
06/03/2025 1:48:04 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(The best thing about a muzzie civil war is, everyone wins.)
To: rhinohunter
“That’s what I’ve been saying for years!”
Damn! You beat me to it. I was going to post something like “it never made any sense to me either”.
21 posted on
06/03/2025 4:32:23 AM PDT by
BobL
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