Thanks, Peter. Once I knew the word's German rather
than French (despite that acute accent), I looked it
up in my German dictionary, which has "epoche" (no
accent) and defines it as "epoch-making." Not exactly
the way Christopher's been using it.... Well, he may
come back any minute now and settle the issue.
Thanks for the Wiki info. (God, what chaos and
incoherence!)
Candice
--- Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Ah, I'm always getting told off for over-quoting. In
> any case, the second
> part of the Wiki entry is a case in point re the
> previous discussion. I
> quote verbatim (or rather, I cut and paste):
>
> "Epoché played an interesting role in the Pyrrhonism
> philosophy of Pyrrho.
> After establishing that we do not know anything, the
> preffered route of
> action maybe Epoché of absent from maknign decision
> and taking actions. This
> is a result of beleiving that we do not know, and
> therefore, we ahve no
> rational to chose one way of action of another."
>
> From OED, there would seem to be an etymological
> relationship between epoch
> and epoché. The greek characters don't paste, but
> there's enough left to get
> the sense, I hope.
>
> epoch: epocha, ad. Gr. stoppage, station, position
> (of a planet), fixed
> point of time, f. to arrest, stop, take up a
> position, f. + to hold. Cf.
> Fr. époque, It. epoca
>
> epoché: Gr. suspension of judgement, f. to cease,
> suspend judgement
>
> P
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue
> relating to
> > poetry and poetics
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of MC Ward
> > Sent: 27 February 2007 02:07
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Constructivist Poetics (was Re:
> methadone)
> >
> > Droll, very droll, as Fred Flintstone used to say.
> >
> > How about you telling us what Wiki said? I'm not
> at all sure
> > that 'epoch" and "epoche" are related, but I'd be
> interested to know
> >
> > Thanks, I think...
> >
> > Candice.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Peter Cudmore <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > You mean you didn't look on Wikipedia?
> > >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch%C3%A9
> > >
> > > ;)
> > >
> > > P
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a
> dialogue
> > > relating to
> > > > poetry and poetics
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > > > Behalf Of MC Ward
> > > > Sent: 27 February 2007 01:22
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: Constructivist Poetics (was Re:
> > > methadone)
> > > >
> > > > Christopher, can you enlighten us re "epoche"?
> > > I've looked in
> > > > both my French dictionary and Webster's. The
> > > French
> > > > dictionary had nothing, while Webster's had
> this
> > > spelling:
> > > > "epoch," as well as "epochal."
> > > > Sorry to be so ignorant and hope the query
> won't
> > > be _too_ annoying,
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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