[lit-ideas] Peninsula and other Accidents
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 00:08:53 EDT
In a message dated 7/17/2004 12:55:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Edison is known for inventing the familiar incandescent light bulb that
appears
in cartoon balloons over the heads of characters who are having epiphanies,
these being harder to draw). Neither the telephone nor the light bulb were
invented 'accidentally.'
---
--- which does not mean they were invented _essentially_, either (cf.
Aristotle, 'essence vs. accident').
Incidentally, I wonder why features of the coast (any coast) are called --
in Spanish -- 'accidentes geograficos' (geographical accidents). I'm not sure
if the thing is used in other languages, but, in Spanish, it sounds academic
and okay.
But if you think of it, why is a geographical accident (such as a peninsula)
called an 'accident', at all?
(Google gives 204 hits for 'geographic accident').
Cheers,
JL
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