Word of the day: Hendiadys The use of two words joined by and to express a single idea. For example, nice and warm. From the Greek hen dia duoin, meaning ‘one thing by two’. Why use one word when two will do?
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Hesperus Press@hesperus.press · 4mo agoWhen clarity, wisdom, and politics occasionally met: “Wisdom without eloquence is but of little advantage to states, but eloquence without wisdom is often most mischievous, and is never advantageous to them.” Cicero, De Inventione, Book I (trans. C.D. Yonge)
When clarity, wisdom, and politics occasionally met: “Wisdom without eloquence is but of little advantage to states, but eloquence without wisdom is often most mischievous, and is never advantageous to them.” Cicero, De Inventione, Book I (trans. C.D. Yonge)
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