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Thou. I can't think of a more romantic word. and who was the genius who first said "thou"? who distinctified another human being from all the other "it's" and realized that whoever that was, that first "thou" saw the world just as he did? and perceived him just as he perceived them? brilliant son of a ***** He, Whoever he was, was the first man to grasp true empathy. To identify with another human not as an object, or an animal, "but as another of himself" an extension of himself. himself. itself. thyself. It is one of the oldest existing words, and has not undergone any major change in tenthousand years. Perhaps this is evidence that we were, in fact, built in pairs. Which raises the question of who the first "thou" was and his relationship to whomever first said it. I like to think they were lying across from one another, he and his partner or she and hers and it occurred to one of them that the person opposite them saw them too. Thou art. as I am. Next must have come "we" or some variation thereof. Thou, I, thou and I. We. Us. What was the brilliant sonofabitch who first uttered "us"? I wonder if he died alone.
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Nov 6, 2013
Nov 6, 2013 at 12:35 AM UTC
Thou.
Thou. I can't think of a more romantic word. and who was the genius who first said "thou"? who distinctified another human being from all the other "it's" and realized that whoever that was, that first "thou" saw the world just as he did? and perceived him just as he perceived them? brilliant son of a ***** He, Whoever he was, was the first man to grasp true empathy. To identify with another human not as an object, or an animal, "but as another of himself" an extension of himself. himself. itself. thyself. It is one of the oldest existing words, and has not undergone any major change in tenthousand years. Perhaps this is evidence that we were, in fact, built in pairs. Which raises the question of who the first "thou" was and his relationship to whomever first said it. I like to think they were lying across from one another, he and his partner or she and hers and it occurred to one of them that the person opposite them saw them too. Thou art. as I am. Next must have come "we" or some variation thereof. Thou, I, thou and I. We. Us. What was the brilliant sonofabitch who first uttered "us"? I wonder if he died alone.
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Nov 6, 2013
Nov 6, 2013 at 12:35 AM UTC
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