The Buzz-Concept Project can answer this question with the exact dimension of human progress that creates the feel, look, vibe and status of modernity. The adjective modern is defined by Oxford as: So, boiled down, we have… The word “modern” entered late Middle English from the Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo “just now”, aContinue reading “BCP Q: what is modernity?”
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Plotinus the Discerner
The philosopher Plotinus / Πλωτῖνος / Plōtînos is known as the founder of Neoplatonism, which was ultimately about working to expand the interpretations of Plato to their fullest possible extent – which wasn’t always strictly necessary or appropriate, giving the field a critical downfall in the form of zaniness. Plotinus was born in 204/205 CEContinue reading “Plotinus the Discerner”
🌷
🇬🇧 beauty 🌹🌹🌹 Old English: fæġernes, whence Modern English fairness. 🏛 pulchritudo, decor, forma, formositas, venustas, formula, decus, species, facies 🌷🌷🌷 🇫🇷 la beauté (Old French: biauté), whence English beauty. From Medieval Latin *bellitās (“beauty”), from Latin bellus (“beautiful, fair”). 💐💐💐 🇮🇹 la bellezza 🌻🌻🌻 🇪🇸 la belleza 🌞🌞🌞 🇵🇹 a beleza 👗👗👗 🇮🇪 áilleachtContinue reading “🌷”
The ultimate Picasso
Doesn’t it match so perfectly with the Buzz-Concept Project aesthetic? More on Picasso’s relevance in philology here! It is clearly discernible in Picasso’s aesthetic that he concerned himself greatly with Romance philology and certain alignments within the family.
Explaining Japanese productivity
Why are Japanese people so amazingly productive, and in just the right, ingenious, heart-warming way? In the West we’re so boring and pragmatic… Previous related posts: Jin Kitamura / 北村人 Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton (2012) Sulang | Learn Japanese Slang on Instagram Japanese words: Subete no ningen wa, umarenagara ni shite jiyū de ari,Continue reading “Explaining Japanese productivity”
Certain prehistoric links
I have written more than one piece previously about certain pivotal cultural alliances that I have discerned to have existed throughout prehistory, starting of course with the original pan-human society in which we were all united, later breaking apart into separate “races”. Have a browse… One more such historic link that has recently come toContinue reading “Certain prehistoric links”
On Tolkien’s wordy world!
V is for Valentino or Valéry, actually
LA FAUSSE MORTE Humblement, tendrement, sur le tombeau charmantSur l’insensible monument,Que d’ombres, d’abandons, et d’amour prodiguée,Forme ta grâce fatiguée,Je meurs, je meurs sur toi, je tombe et je m’abats, Mais à peine abattu sur le sépulcre bas,Dont la close étendue aux cendres me convie,Cette morte apparente, en qui revient la vie,Frémit, rouvre les yeux, m’illumineContinue reading “V is for Valentino or Valéry, actually”
From this Altay-tude so high…
The Lord’s Prayer in Southern Altay: Sample text in regular Altay: Ончо улус ак‐јарыкка јайым ла теҥ‐тай тап‐эриктӱ туулат. Олор санааукаалу ла чек кӱӱн‐тапту болуп бӱткен ле бой‐бойын карындаш кирези кӧрӧр лӧ јӱрер учурлу. Onço ulus aq-carıqqa cayım la teñ-tay tap-eriktü tuulat. Olor sanaauqaalu la çek küün-taptu bolup bütken le boy-boyın qarındaş kirezi körör löContinue reading “From this Altay-tude so high…”
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