[B-Greek] Jam 3:7 FUSIS

Oun Kwon kwonbbl at gmail.com
Tue Mar 15 00:08:29 EDT 2011


On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:46 PM, George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> It isn't necessary, or particularly desirable, to understand φύσις FUSIS to
> have the same significance in each usage.  We don't do this in English, and
> I rather suspect that almost no language always uses a word in the same
> sense.  In the first instance I would suggest that it be understood in the
> sense of "species" -- "for every species of animal" (list).  In the second
> case, probably "disposition" would be a better choice.
>
> george
> gfsomsel
>

I can understand the first instance as it is 'the nature (of the
creatures) be tamed'. I get stumbled on the second instance '?? tamed
by the nature belonging to man'.

Oun Kwon.



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