A list of 16 words by betsyshane.
- tastewas added by betsyshane and appears on 67 lists
- realitywas added by betsyshane and appears on 47 lists
- beautywas added by betsyshane and appears on 85 lists
- justicewas added by betsyshane and appears on 86 lists
- valuewas added by betsyshane and appears on 59 lists
- alonewas added by betsyshane and appears on 59 lists
- safewas added by betsyshane and appears on 44 lists
- ethnicitywas added by betsyshane and appears on 14 lists
- racewas added by betsyshane and appears on 48 lists
- puritywas added by betsyshane and appears on 20 lists
- culturewas added by betsyshane and appears on 66 lists
- authenticwas added by betsyshane and appears on 89 lists
- realwas added by betsyshane and appears on 59 lists
- truthwas added by betsyshane and appears on 88 lists
- godwas added by betsyshane and appears on 77 lists
- lovewas added by betsyshane and appears on 370 lists
tez commented on the list meanings-value-or-even-existence-are-up-for-debate
Magnificent. This list, I mean. I'm not suggesting that the concept of "magnificence" is up for debate... Of course, after a close reading of the above, now I'm beginning to question everything.
December 27, 2006
oroboros commented on the list meanings-value-or-even-existence-are-up-for-debate
...Consider the word "love". It has many meanings which we recognize as soon as we consider the difference between romantic love and conjugal love, the difference between the love that parents readily bestow upon their children and the love that children slowly develop for their parents. All these meanings of the word — all these kinds of love — have something in common. All are related aspects of a single, very large idea — the idea of love. But as most people employ the word in ordinary speech, they have only a small part of this idea in mind; and when young people use it they seldom have in mind the same part that older people have. Few who use the word ever have the whole idea in mind, for it takes a lifetime of experience and thought to comprehend it fully...
--excerpt from "What is an Idea" by Mortimer Adler, 1958
December 27, 2006