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[Greek: technê] becoming, in vulgar hands, very [Greek: banausos] indeed.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
darqueau commented on the word banausos
all persons engaged in trade or retail.
cramped in body, vulgar in taste
January 19, 2008
yarb commented on the word banausos
Golly. I like sweeping generalisations as much as the next man, but...
January 19, 2008
darqueau commented on the word banausos
...but, it's late, & I've got to get up early for work.
January 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word banausos
Well, there goes about 20% of the U.S. working force.
January 19, 2008
darqueau commented on the word banausos
arising out of a struggle against poverty, trade & retail has overshot its ultimate goal — the liberation of humanity from material cares — and has become an omnipresent obsessive image...
Abolish work!
January 20, 2008
reesetee commented on the word banausos
Oh. Now that you put it that way.... ;-)
January 20, 2008
yarb commented on the word banausos
Can't argue with that.
January 20, 2008