Leuty Parker

Tag: #greek

  • Theseus’s Ship

    This one is quite epistemological…

    Or better referred to ass the Ship of Theseus is a thought experiment where Theseus has a literal ship, & this ship has pieces which break. These broken parts are replaced with new, fixed one. So, in the end with all the broken pieces replaced, is it the same ship?

    How this relates, us as humans are made up of obviously our physical selves, but our memories. Whether it being in our own head or someone else’s perspective. But what happens when you are left with no memory?

  • Trauma

    I learnt something new which I think you’ll like; The Greek world for trauma means wound. I really do love the etymology of words, & this one seems so fitting.

  • 15/6 -Apocolocyntosis

    I was listening to this download I have which is old episodes of radio 4 programs. This one in particular was an episode of “workaholics” which I imagine the old (& the current) Leuty likes. It does explore etymology amongst other things.

    They do a round on phobias, where it is said that phobias come from the Greek word where “phobos“ which means“fear”.

    “Arigata mayooahtoo” is a Japanese word which means when someone offers to do you a favour & you decline because you think it’d make you worse off, they do it anyway & it goes wrong, but because of social convention you have to behave as if you’re grateful.

    Natalie Hames comments that apppolocyntosis was formed by Senicca & it means the act of turning into a pumpkin. The Romans, for political reasons had to believe that when an emperor dies he turned into a god, this was called apotheosis.

    Seneca mocks Claudius (thinking he was terrible), & says he goes through “appolocyntosis” which is the act of turning into a pumpkin.