ἡ πώρωσις τῆς καρδίας v. σκληροκαρδία
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ἡ πώρωσις τῆς καρδίας v. σκληροκαρδία
What might be the difference between ἡ πώρωσις τῆς καρδίας and σκληροκαρδία, both translated as "hard-heartedness"?
Γελᾷ δ' ὁ μωρός, κἄν τι μὴ γέλοιον ᾖ
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
(Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 108)
Re: ἡ πώρωσις τῆς καρδίας v. σκληροκαρδία
I think that σκληροκαρδία corresponds to English "hard-heartedness", i.e. lack of sensitivity or compassion, while πωώρωσις τῆς καρδίας corresponds rather to English "being thick-headed," i.e. dull-witted, incapable of understanding what one is told. The latter is used several times by Jesus in Mark's gospel of the thick-skulled disciples who have eyes to see but don't see, while the complaint of σκληροκαρδία seems rather to refer to moral insensitivity.Stephen Hughes wrote:What might be the difference between ἡ πώρωσις τῆς καρδίας and σκληροκαρδία, both translated as "hard-heartedness"?
οὔτοι ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς πάντα θεοὶ θνητοῖς ὑπέδειξαν,
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
ἀλλὰ χρόνῳ ζητέοντες ἐφευρίσκουσιν ἄμεινον. (Xenophanes, Fragment 16)
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)