*chuckles*, the main part of the Wiki entry tends towards Husserl's usage,
which I imagine is where Christopher's usage is oriented. (If I tried
getting my head around all that German stuff, I'd need another 6 years to
finish my damned PhD.)
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 03:15
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Constructivist Poetics (was Re: methadone)
>
> 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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