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exastra · Casual Observer Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 36

In the Next Week's section, it read: "Why is The Chaotic Age: A Canonical Prophecy, Part IV of Harold Bloom's Western Canon the most difficult listing to consider?"

what's it about?:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_canon

the fundamental question posed is: "What shall the individual who still desires to read attempt to read, this late in history?"

Part IV: http://home.comcast.net/~dwtaylor1/chaoticcanon.html

these guys are really doing their research.

exastra · Casual Observer Joined: 27 Sep 2006 Posts: 36

This week's topic: Significance of etymology in Philology

Philology is the love of words. It is most accurately defined as an affinity toward the learning of the backgrounds as well as the current usages of spoken or written methods of human communication. often defined as the study of ancient texts and languages

Etymology is the study of the origins of words.