Saturday, February 20, 2021

sub specie verbum

Whereas in the past sub specie dei was occluded by sub specie aeternitatis, and later sub specie academiae, one might observe that the universe of discourse of the latter has been supplanted by sub specie verbum -- a world made of words and concepts, with only remnant influences of any ideal ontic heirarchy.

Monday, August 5, 2019

cacothanasias

the cacothanasias of the 20th century, eg in the trenches and battles of "the Great War", genocides, the Holocaust, et al.

Monday, July 29, 2019

phobophile, philophobe

phobophilia -- love of fear, hence phobophile
philophobia -- fear of love, hence philophobe

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

idiomorphize

anthropomorphize -- attribute human characteristics or behavior to ... (a god, animal or object)
idiomorphize -- attribute personal characteristics or behavior to ... (a god, animal or object)