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>Anamnesis
>Amnesia
>An-Amnesis
it literally means unforgetting; holy shit I need to learn Greek. books for that?

>> No.11343645

>>11343639
I'm not sure what part of this was supposed to be revelatory, but I am sure that you are retarded.

>> No.11343663
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>>11343645
that anamnesis means unforgetting, not remembering like it's usually discussed as. hook me up with resources to learn greek (preferably attic), or fuck off, either or

>> No.11343704

>>11343663
I mean it's just so obvious it shouldn't really be profound

>> No.11343730

>>11343704
How can you miss OPs point this fucking badly, holy fuck

>> No.11343737

Truth in Greek also means unconcealment.

>> No.11343743

>>11343737
I only know that one because I read Heidegger (which would also be easier to read if I knew greek)

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>>11343645
>>11343704
It's still fascinating when you see how words are formed and realize that you've been using them for your entire life without ever reflecting on how they came to be.

For example I recently realized stereotype has the word stereo in it which meant something like a 3D block in Greek so stereotype is used as a blockage of sorts. The only reason I ever bothered to look it up was because Deleuze and Guattari were using it in a weird way (as they did with most concepts).

Also people praise stuff as sophisticated even though it literally comes from sophists and sophistry (not saying all the sophists were bad, only that the words took a negative connotation over time).