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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread apophatic #119552 01/11/2004 2:34 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 apophatic Adj. 1. apophatic - of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable') I think man has as much chance of understanding God as my dog (if I still had one_) would have of understanding what I do with my computer. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: apophatic #119553 01/26/2004 2:03 PM 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... Most excellently useful word, wwh! I have no earthly idea how I'll remember this one, but I do like the concept here. Now: What would be the connection between apathy and apophatic? Any at all or just coincidence of the 'ap'? You know, as coincidental as apples and apathy or apples and apophatic. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: apophatic #119554 01/26/2004 3:10 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Offhand, apathy is just the lack of feeling. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: apophatic #119555 01/26/2004 3:59 PM 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... a-pathos Yes, wwh. I see. But apophatic. Is that a-pophatic (I guess not) or: apo-phatic with 'apo' meaning one thing and 'phatic' meaning another? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: apophatic #119556 01/26/2004 4:35 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California Phatic from Greek phatos 'spoken' from phanai 'to speak; cognate with aphasia. 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 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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