[lit-ideas] "Feel" and "Believe": The Conative Element
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 15:58:20 EDT
In a message dated 9/4/2010 1:12:11 P.M., _wokshevs@xxxxxxx
(mailto:wokshevs@xxxxxx)
quotes from McCreery, but I can't seem to find the original post, not even
online!
McCreery speaks of the anthropologist he is as:
> wonder[ing] where any particular English usage might overlap with the
> Chinese (Mandarin) "i wei" (to believe, to think; to consider), "ren wei"
> (to believe, to consider, to recognize), "pai ding" (to be convinced),
"shin
> fu" (to believe, to be convinced), "xiang" (to think, to believe, to
> suppose), "xiang sin" (to be convinced that something is true), "xin
feng"
> (to believe in, e.g., a god), "zhi xin" (to be confident in), "xin" (to
> trust), "xin yang" (to believe, e.g., in religious dogma), "ren zhun" (to
> believe firmly), "xhen xin" (to believe deeply), or "jian xin" (to
believe
> firmly, e.g., free of doubt or obstinately).
----
Well, that is SO COMPLEX! Imagine trying to look for connections where the
ROOTS are different! I know it IS possible, but...
it triggered in me the idea that there IS a conative element in 'be-lieve'.
After all, in German (an Indo-European language, and for some the EPITOME
of the Aryan language), there is 'glauben', which is 'ge-lauben', where the
'-lauben', connects with the 'be-lief', and with
"Ich liebe dich" (I love you).
So, to be-LIEVE, and ge-LAUBEN, is a form of "love".
----- I am also reminded of a letter by Rupert Brooke; he was complaining.
"Forget about 'know'. It's not what you 'know' that matters, but what you
FEEL!". (Hassall, bio of Brooke).
Etc.
Speranza--Bordighera
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