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NOn ignotum efi Papauer erratiatm/m campis & fegetibus inna fcem. huius fiores ficciinpuluerem redacli, pecloris dolores fedant auos? ontia, ltali vocant - Probefuccedens experientia, medicos Syrupt exeo confictendirationem docuit, ex horum ntmtie nuncfucco, nuncin - fafuoncquod belltfiime & gr'ts cefitt.
Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex Dioscórides , Dioscorides Pedanius , Joannes Ruellius 1550
milosrdenstvi commented on the word ontia
The male participle in Greek for "being", the process of existence. Very important in philosophy, especially in (you guessed it) ontology.
August 21, 2008
super-logos commented on the word ontia
Milo, and what about ontogeny recapitulating phylogeny? what does -eny mean?
August 21, 2008
milosrdenstvi commented on the word ontia
Geny would be from genēsis, or beginning (identical to our genesis). So the beginning of being would bring to head again the beginning of species. Silly little idea.
August 21, 2008