[B-Greek] Jam 3:7 FUSIS
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 15 00:26:29 EDT 2011
You are still attempting to understand φύσις FUSIS in the same sense in each
instance.
"When you see a fork in the road, take it." What does fork mean here (obviously
some context would be needed).
"Bear left at the fork when you see a truck bearing hay but watch out for the
bear." (homophones)
george
gfsomsel
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From: Oun Kwon <kwonbbl at gmail.com>
To: George F Somsel <gfsomsel at yahoo.com>
Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Mon, March 14, 2011 9:08:29 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Jam 3:7 FUSIS
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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