tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post4245085885047842351..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: What is this "You" you speak of?John B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-73884253251440634662009-05-20T16:47:08.841-05:002009-05-20T16:47:08.841-05:00I'm interested to see where you're going with this...I'm interested to see where you're going with this. A few thoughts:<br /><br />You must be right to say that 'both breath and spirit seem animative', because all three of those words are etymologically the same concept : In Latin both spiritus and anima have the primary meaning of breath and the secondary one of spirit, soul.<br /><br />It appears that in classical Greek pneuma meant only air / Raminagrobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008850757226541475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-50074306577401627632009-05-20T12:34:17.523-05:002009-05-20T12:34:17.523-05:00The pneuma=breath/soul thing reminds me of the foo...The <I>pneuma</I>=breath/soul thing reminds me of the footnotes in Robert Alter's translation of the <I>Five Books of Moses</I>, where he talks about the Hebrew word that becomes "soul" in the King James Bible being literally, not just breath or life-breath, but the breath from the nostrils - like, when you're checking to see if someone is dead or just sleeping, and you put the back of your hand j slighhttp://jimsligh.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-40226752998395026252009-05-20T11:06:33.160-05:002009-05-20T11:06:33.160-05:00You say that like it's a bad thing.You say that like it's a bad thing.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-90198548540194161432009-05-20T10:25:37.571-05:002009-05-20T10:25:37.571-05:00This series has the potential for causing dire wor...This series has the potential for causing dire work-related circumstances on my part. I better get some stuff done while you're thinking.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com