http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%b7%ce%b8%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%b1/comment-page-1/#comment-5573 johnston Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:10:46 +0000 http://larison.org/αληθεία/#comment-5573 Aletheia - Truth. Meaning "unveiling" or "uncovering." Ortega y Gasset says that this was the word for the "truth-finding process" used by the pre-Socratic philosophers, but that it was too unsettling for those of the classical period, and the occupation was re-named, more neutrally, "philosophy." Aletheia was transformed into the more exotic and oriental term 'Apocalypse' for the last book of the Bible. Caryl Johnston See "Strengthen the things that remain," on my blog, http://from-the-catacombs.blogspot.com/ Aletheia – Truth. Meaning “unveiling” or “uncovering.” Ortega y Gasset says that this was the word for the “truth-finding process” used by the pre-Socratic philosophers, but that it was too unsettling for those of the classical period, and the occupation was re-named, more neutrally, “philosophy.” Aletheia was transformed into the more exotic and oriental term ‘Apocalypse’ for the last book of the Bible.
Caryl Johnston
See “Strengthen the things that remain,” on my blog,
http://from-the-catacombs.blogspot.com/

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