25 July 2015

acroamatic

Ac`ro`a`mat´ic

a. 1. Communicated orally; oral; – applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.
(e.g. acroamatic teaching)

(Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by C. & G. Merriam Co.)

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Today’s quote

Advice is like snow – the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind.

– Samuel Taylor Coleridge

On this day

25 July 1603 – James VI, King of Scotland, is crowned as the first King of Great Britain and becomes James I.

25 July 1834 – death of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet.

25 July 1946 – the United States conducts first under-water tests of an atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

25 July 1978 – Bob Dylan booed off stage for using an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival.

25 July 1995 – discovery of minor planet: 43844 Rowling, which was named after author J.K. Rowling in 2006.