Comments on: Largo al factotum della citta, della citta, della... http://trilema.com/2017/largo-al-factotum-della-citta-della-citta-della/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Wed, 13 May 2026 23:37:45 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 By: Framedragger http://trilema.com/2017/largo-al-factotum-della-citta-della-citta-della/#comment-121931 Framedragger Tue, 02 May 2017 23:17:05 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=72841#comment-121931 Familiar only to the extent required in philosophy (problem of demonstratives for internalists, etc.), in other words, my Latin is a 100% hack :) Aha, I see, elegant! Familiar only to the extent required in philosophy (problem of demonstratives for internalists, etc.), in other words, my Latin is a 100% hack :)

Aha, I see, elegant!

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2017/largo-al-factotum-della-citta-della-citta-della/#comment-121930 Mircea Popescu Tue, 02 May 2017 23:12:37 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=72841#comment-121930 You familiar with the demonstrative pronouns yes ? Hic-haec hoc etc ? Focative, Framedragger! You familiar with the demonstrative pronouns yes ? Hic-haec hoc etc ?

Focative, Framedragger!

]]> By: Framedragger http://trilema.com/2017/largo-al-factotum-della-citta-della-citta-della/#comment-121929 Framedragger Tue, 02 May 2017 23:06:39 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=72841#comment-121929 Do you think there's any connection to the Latin <em>haecceitas</em> (nowadays seen in philosophy as <em>haecceity</em> ("thisness"), as in, "say two universes are completely identical - but they still differ <em>numerically</em>, one is this and the other is <em>this</em>" - "if haecceities are allowed"; but this is of course not a modern invention)? Do you think there's any connection to the Latin haecceitas (nowadays seen in philosophy as haecceity ("thisness"), as in, "say two universes are completely identical - but they still differ numerically, one is this and the other is this" - "if haecceities are allowed"; but this is of course not a modern invention)?

]]> By: Mircea Popescu http://trilema.com/2017/largo-al-factotum-della-citta-della-citta-della/#comment-121924 Mircea Popescu Mon, 01 May 2017 21:13:02 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=72841#comment-121924 They're not all that hard to write, either! They're not all that hard to write, either!

]]> By: Pete Dushenski http://trilema.com/2017/largo-al-factotum-della-citta-della-citta-della/#comment-121923 Pete Dushenski Mon, 01 May 2017 21:10:44 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=72841#comment-121923 Other than the bitcoin pieces, these etymological ones are my fave trilemas. Cheers. Other than the bitcoin pieces, these etymological ones are my fave trilemas. Cheers.

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