venerdì, febbraio 15, 2008

sabato, febbraio 02, 2008

Contemplation

"In making this temple, it is evident that the trees are set as boundaries, and that within them the regions are set where the eyes are to view... from which was said templum and contemplare to "contemplate",.... Contempla 'do thou contemplate' and conspicare 'do thou view' are the same, it is obvious, and therefore the augur, when he makes a temple, says conspicione 'for viewing', with regard to where he is to delimit the conspectus 'view' of the eyes."

-Varro, from De Lingua Latina