Studies in WordsGood Press, 31 ago 2021 - 171 páginas Unleash the power of language with 'Studies in Words' by C.S. Lewis. Delve into a mesmerizing exploration of the English language as Lewis traces the evolution of words, unraveling their profound transformations throughout the ages. With meticulous scholarship, Lewis sheds light on the intricate tapestry of meanings embedded within seemingly familiar terms, such as "nature," "sad," "wit," "free," "sense," "simple," "conscience," "world," "life," and even the intriguing phrase "I dare say!" |
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THE EFFECTS OF RAMIFICATION | |
TACTICAL DEFINITIONS | |
Eche thing in my cure | |
NATURE AND GRACE | |
THE STATE OF NATURE AND THE CIVIL STATE | |
THE NATURAL AS THE EXCUSABLE | |
THE GRAVESENSES | |
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Términos y frases comunes
adjective aesthesis Anglo-Saxon antithesis Aristotle Aristotle's become called century certainly character Chaucer Cicero common sense communis sensus conscience conscientia consciring contrast course courtesy critics dangerous sense demoted distinction doubt Dryden eleutheros emotion Empedocles ethical fact feel gecynde Greek Hence human idea ingenium ingenuus kind language later Latin lawgiver learned lexical liberal linguistic litotes Lucretius meaning gumption meant merely Metaphysics methodological idiom Middle English mind modern moral Mother Nature nature d.s. never noble noun once Ovid Parmenides passage perhaps philosophy phusis Piers Plowman poem poet poetry Pope probably Quintilian says semantic semantic tree sensible sentence sententia sentire servile Shakespeare simple slave sometimes sort speaker speaker's meaning speaks suneidesis suneidos supernatural synteresis Table of Contents Tacitus talk things thought translation usage verb verbicide vileinye villain d.s. vulgar Vulgate wit d.s. wit old sense wit-ingenium word wit word's meaning writes