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in reply to a message by Pavlos
Hello, I am writing as a native speaker of Czech language in which the word for God is "Bůh" and the word for running "běh".
Our expression for story is příBĚH, for (esp. natural) cycle "koloBĚH", and for any process "průBĚH".
It is rather difficult then to just dismiss Plato's suggested etymology. It makes a perfect sense as it offers a very rich material for theological contemplation. It is quite reassuring that the intuition was shared by Plato himself. It makes all the wild god/running interconnectedness something far finer than a mere idiosyncratic conjencure of my own - an important contiuation of a respectable Platonic tradition. RH
Our expression for story is příBĚH, for (esp. natural) cycle "koloBĚH", and for any process "průBĚH".
It is rather difficult then to just dismiss Plato's suggested etymology. It makes a perfect sense as it offers a very rich material for theological contemplation. It is quite reassuring that the intuition was shared by Plato himself. It makes all the wild god/running interconnectedness something far finer than a mere idiosyncratic conjencure of my own - an important contiuation of a respectable Platonic tradition. RH
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