datum circle LO26884

From: AM de Lange (amdelange@gold.up.ac.za)
Date: 06/25/01


Replying to LO26829 --

Dear Organlearners,

Andrew Campbell < ACampnona@aol.com > writes by quoting
Arendt:
>"... This way to life (Telos) has been degraded and was
>implied in Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations when he
>classified all occupations that rest essentially on this
>'specialized performance', with the menial services as
>the lowest and most unproductive labour. ..."

>Loving the World is also Telos. by another name.

(snip)

>In the UK maybe as many as twenty percent of
>children show signs of "clinical mental illness
>and associated behaviour." by another name

(snip)

>We say quite openly our cows are mad, they have
>mad cow disease. By another name

(snip)

>Words, words, words. By another name

Greetings dear Andrew,

The two Greek words "telos"={far, end} and "teleos"={complete, perfect}
have been used intensively in the English language as the prefixes "tele-"
and "teleo-". See for yourself how many words there really are!

St Paul makes a dramatic connection in Rom 10:4 (see King James
translation) which you will appreciate.

With care and best wishes

-- 

At de Lange <amdelange@gold.up.ac.za> Snailmail: A M de Lange Gold Fields Computer Centre Faculty of Science - University of Pretoria Pretoria 0001 - Rep of South Africa

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