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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Philistine #117576 12/13/2003 2:01 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Suddenly No. 9 hurled a book to the floor between his chair and the window, and, looking, I saw that it was The Rose-Lady and Trevelyan, one of the best-selling novels of the present day. And then the critic or Philistine, whichever he was, veered his chair toward the window, and I knew him at once for John A. Pescud, of Pittsburgh, travelling salesman for a plate-glass company--an old acquaintance whom I had not seen in two years." Particularly in Germany prior to WWI, an anti-illectual, often anti-Semitic. Heine used it frequently. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Philistine #117577 12/27/2003 11:43 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Philistines, so used (anti-intellectual), were against intellectuals as a class or simply against any kind of academic achievement? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Philistine #117578 12/27/2003 7:02 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK shanks old hand shanks old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,004 London, UK In the common use of the word here (the UK, particularly in the writings from the early part of the century), Philistines weren't necessary opposed to intellectuals: a Philistine was anti-intellectual in the sense of having a coarseness or insensitivity to the more refined aspects of culture - art and so on. So the word was frequently used synonymously with boor. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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