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[Serious] Thomism: Then & Now
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now
(October 13, 2021 at 2:59 am)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: Did that misunderstanding change  the meaning?

It's led to a lot of confusion, that's for sure. We have to be careful not to change the meaning and argue as if he'd said something he didn't. 

Quote:Translation from one language into another can be very problematic.

It's a fascinating and enlightening thing! When we come across a concept in a foreign language that doesn't have a one-to-one counterpart in our own language, it makes us realize how habitual and narrow our thinking can be. 

Recently I've been reading about the history of Japanese aesthetics, and how when they started translating Western texts into Japanese they had to invent all kinds of new terms. Japanese didn't have a word for "art" for example. And English lacks good terms for Japanese concepts. 

Quote:The commandment translated as "Thou shalt not kill" isn't quite right. In the original Hebrew it's lo tirtach, "thou shalt not murder"..  All murder is killing , but not all killing is murder. Of course believers cherry pick their sacred books to fit their own world view. They ignore the really inconvenient bits, such as "love your neighbour"

It's true! Translation is interpretation, and no interpreter is impartial.
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Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 6, 2021 at 6:10 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by vulcanlogician - October 6, 2021 at 8:12 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 7, 2021 at 9:10 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by DLJ - October 8, 2021 at 5:57 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 8, 2021 at 7:33 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by DLJ - October 8, 2021 at 7:37 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by GUBU - October 9, 2021 at 9:48 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 10, 2021 at 12:45 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 13, 2021 at 2:45 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by GUBU - October 13, 2021 at 3:20 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 13, 2021 at 3:23 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by GUBU - October 13, 2021 at 3:25 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 13, 2021 at 3:26 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by HappySkeptic - October 8, 2021 at 2:54 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 8, 2021 at 4:23 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by HappySkeptic - October 8, 2021 at 5:59 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by brewer - October 8, 2021 at 8:30 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Jehanne - October 8, 2021 at 10:51 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by vulcanlogician - October 9, 2021 at 10:49 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by GUBU - October 9, 2021 at 11:00 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by vulcanlogician - October 9, 2021 at 1:38 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by GUBU - October 10, 2021 at 4:19 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 10, 2021 at 12:09 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by HappySkeptic - October 11, 2021 at 12:13 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 11, 2021 at 12:44 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by HappySkeptic - October 11, 2021 at 1:10 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by DLJ - October 11, 2021 at 7:04 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by vulcanlogician - October 12, 2021 at 2:15 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by HappySkeptic - October 12, 2021 at 5:54 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Belacqua - October 13, 2021 at 12:43 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Oldandeasilyconfused - October 13, 2021 at 2:59 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Belacqua - October 13, 2021 at 4:13 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by HappySkeptic - October 14, 2021 at 12:36 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 14, 2021 at 4:00 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Belacqua - October 15, 2021 at 12:59 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by DLJ - October 14, 2021 at 5:16 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by vulcanlogician - October 17, 2021 at 11:47 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 11, 2021 at 4:52 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2021 at 4:53 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - October 12, 2021 at 12:07 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by GUBU - October 12, 2021 at 4:40 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - October 12, 2021 at 6:36 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Mister Agenda - October 12, 2021 at 10:57 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Angrboda - October 12, 2021 at 11:01 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Mister Agenda - October 12, 2021 at 11:07 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2021 at 12:12 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - October 12, 2021 at 12:27 pm
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2021 at 12:28 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - October 12, 2021 at 12:35 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2021 at 12:38 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 12, 2021 at 5:01 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2021 at 5:04 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by The Grand Nudger - October 12, 2021 at 6:32 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Oldandeasilyconfused - October 12, 2021 at 7:15 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 13, 2021 at 2:34 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - October 13, 2021 at 5:18 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by The Grand Nudger - October 13, 2021 at 4:47 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 13, 2021 at 5:46 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - October 13, 2021 at 5:59 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - October 14, 2021 at 3:03 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 14, 2021 at 3:26 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by HappySkeptic - October 14, 2021 at 3:34 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - October 14, 2021 at 3:34 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by vulcanlogician - October 15, 2021 at 1:29 am
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - October 15, 2021 at 10:07 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 15, 2021 at 7:54 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Belacqua - October 15, 2021 at 8:48 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - October 15, 2021 at 8:11 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Belacqua - October 16, 2021 at 6:47 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by HappySkeptic - October 15, 2021 at 9:33 am
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - October 18, 2021 at 6:18 am
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by HappySkeptic - October 18, 2021 at 9:10 am
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by HappySkeptic - October 18, 2021 at 10:08 am
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by DLJ - October 19, 2021 at 5:30 pm
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Belacqua - October 20, 2021 at 7:24 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by DLJ - October 20, 2021 at 8:46 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Belacqua - October 20, 2021 at 9:14 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by DLJ - October 20, 2021 at 10:58 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Oldandeasilyconfused - October 20, 2021 at 5:11 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Belacqua - October 21, 2021 at 8:56 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by vulcanlogician - October 21, 2021 at 9:15 am
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by The Grand Nudger - October 20, 2021 at 6:42 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by vulcanlogician - October 20, 2021 at 9:16 am
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Angrboda - October 20, 2021 at 9:32 am
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by vulcanlogician - October 24, 2021 at 9:35 pm
RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Oldandeasilyconfused - October 24, 2021 at 9:55 pm
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Oldandeasilyconfused - October 28, 2021 at 9:03 pm
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Oldandeasilyconfused - October 28, 2021 at 11:13 pm
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by vulcanlogician - October 30, 2021 at 12:31 pm
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by Neo-Scholastic - November 1, 2021 at 12:20 pm
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RE: Thomism: Then & Now - by emjay - November 8, 2021 at 9:01 pm
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