[lit-ideas] Truth and Oblivion: The Greek Connection
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 13:27:32 EST
In a message dated 1/25/2005 5:39:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
goya@xxxxxxx writes:
Yet it's not false to say that for the Greeks, to tell the truth =
is -=20
etymologically, at least - to fight against oblivion
---- This makes sense in that, too, one cannot _remember_ (that p) unless p.
A false memory is _not_ a memory (or so R. Paul once argued).
Note that if true is 'alethic', false should be 'lethargic'.
Is 'pseudos' the word Plato (The Sophist) use to refer to the falsehood of
things like "Taethetus flies" -- I wonder if a Greek thesaurus would give other
examples. 'pseudo' I associate too much with 'mock', as in 'mockingbird',
'mockturtle soup' (soup made of mockturtle), etc.
Cheers,
JL
ps. I cannot think of another word for 'thesaurus'
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