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    TexMec Senior Member Louis VI the Fat's Avatar
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    Default Re: Amusing ourselves to death

    Quote Originally Posted by Ariovistus Maximus View Post
    If this is as deep as you look into things, it's no wonder you're having trouble with this. Try more than skimming the surface...


    By the way, I'd encourage you to check out that word: amuse.

    The root word = muse, which means to think.

    "A-" is a prefix meaning the absence of

    Thus, amusement literally means the absence of thought. When people would rather go to amusement parks than to museums (see that word there?) I think we have a problem
    I am afraid you mix up Greek and Latin. Indeed, 'museum' is rooted in Greek 'muse'. And 'a' in Greek means 'absense of'.

    However, amusement is a French word, via Latin. The 'a' here means 'to', as in the Fench word 'à'. 'Muser', while possibly distantly related to Greek muses, here has a different meaning: 'a trifle', 'a diversion'. (Note the a's here are English 'a', and do not mean 'not' or 'to' )

    Amusement then, is 'to divert oneself with entertaining matter'. The very wod preserves
    the notion that it is trivial, and that hence there are graver matters. A man's mind should not be exclusively given to the pursuit of only either one.
    Last edited by Louis VI the Fat; 07-06-2009 at 15:55.
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