Gary f., list, g...@gnusystems.ca kirjoitti 21.12.2017 16:39:
"Asking whether a sign has parts is like asking whether a line has points."
Yes its does. But that does not answer the questions I posed. Perhaps I should have added: What do you (listers) think?
Gary f.: " By the way,
according to my sources, Aristotle used the word σημεῖον for _point_ before Euclid."
Interesting. Was in connection with geometry? Or how does your source infer it was used FOR 'point'?
Best, Kirsti
-----Original Message----- From: kirst...@saunalahti.fi [mailto:kirst...@saunalahti.fi] Sent: 21-Dec-17 01:25 Listers, Perhaps It is good to remember historical changes with names used for geometrical point. Euclid introduced the word SEMEION, and defined it as that which has no parts, and his followers started to that word instead of the earlier STIGME . – But (with latin) the Romans & later Boethius changed it to PUNCTUM in their commentaries. Does a sign have parts? - How about meaning? Best, Kirsti Links: ------ [1] http://gnusystems.ca/wp/2017/11/stigmata/
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