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Day: March 9, 2017

If “gnothi seauton” is “know thyself”, what would “love thyself” be in ancient Greek?

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OK: ἀγάπα σεαυτόν agápa seautón. That’s the imperative. Konstantinos Konstantinides’ ἀγαπᾶν σεαυτόν agapân seautón is the infinitive “to love yourself”. The quote from St Matthew in Evangelos Lolos uses the future indicative agapēseis: “you shall love your neighbour like yourself.” Chad Turner went with the middle voice imperative of philéō: φιλέου “be loved [by thyself]”. […]

How far did the influence of Ancient Greek spread?

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OK, let’s dispense with hora quickly. Not to belabour it, but yes, coincidence. Probabilities add up pretty quickly in real life, in a way that clashes with our seeking of patterns: See Birthday problem – Wikipedia. If you put 23 randoms in the same room, there is a 50% probability that two of them will […]