5.0458 Rs: "Hare"; Quotes on Errors (2/29)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 18 Nov 1991 19:08:02 EST
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0458. Monday, 18 Nov 1991.
(1) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 91 11:26:43 EST (16 lines)
From: Michel Pierssens <R36254@UQAM>
Subject: HARE
(2) Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1991 18:05 EST (13 lines)
From: Lawrence Stepelevich <STEPELEVI@VUVAXCOM>
Subject: Re: Quotes on Errors
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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 91 11:26:43 EST
From: Michel Pierssens <R36254@UQAM>
Subject: HARE
I believe the origin of the expression about which G. Warkentin has queried
HUMANIST lays in the medieval latin "hic jacet lepus" meaning: "here's the
crux of the problem". It might have been borrowedfrom earlier Latin sources
of course. It was used in erudite disputations and, I think, in juridical
debates. It was adapted in french as "ici git le lievre", which can be found
in a number of texts. One example is in Marivaux' Le Jeu de l'amour et du
hasard, where Arlequin replies to Lisette who is beginning to suspect that
he is not what he claims to be: "Eh! voila ou git le lievre!" (III,VI)
Michel Pierssens
Etudes francaises
Universite de Montreal
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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1991 18:05 EST
From: Lawrence Stepelevich <STEPELEVI@VUVAXCOM>
Subject: Re: Quotes on Errors
Hegel, in his criticism of epistemology found in his Introduction
to _The Phenomenology of Mind_ remarks: "Meanwhile, if the fear
of falling into error introduces an element of distrust into science,
which without any scruples of that sort goes to work and actually
does know, it is not easy to understand why, conversely,
a distrust should not be placed in this very distrust, and
why we should not take care lest the fear of error is not
just the initial error."
Larry Stepelevich