>The English noun "identity" comes, ultimately, from the
>Latin adverb "identidem", which means "repeatedly."
>The Latin has exactly the same rhythm as the English,
>buh-BUM-buh-BUM - a simple iamb, repeated; and
>"identidem" is, in fact, nothing more than a
>reduplication of the word "idem", "the same":
>"idem(et)idem". "Same(and) same". The same,
>repeated. It is a word that does exactly what
>it means.
Phil, i discovered only after thinking about this text for a while
that it is in your signature and didn't necessarily pertain to my
note.
But having started, do you know Ric¦ur's discussion of identity, the
distinction between ipse-identity and idem-identity? (in Oneself as
Another).
Michael
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