3 August 2013
anadiplosis
[an-uh-di-ploh-sis]
noun Rhetoric .
– repetition in the first part of a clause or sentence of a prominent word from the latter part of the preceding clause or sentence, usually with a change or extension of meaning.
Origin:
1580–90; < Latin < Greek, equivalent to anadiplō-, variant stem of anadiploûsthai to be doubled back + -sis -sis. See ana-, diplosis
Examples:
* “Turn the lights out now / Now, I’ll take you by the hand / Hand you another drink / Drink it if you can / Can you spend a little time / Time is slipping away / Away from us, so stay / Stay with me I can make / Make you glad you came “Glad You Came” by The Wanted
* “Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” —Yoda, Star Wars
* “Strength through purity, purity through faith.” —Chancellor Adam Susan, V for Vendetta
* “We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us.” —Romans 5:3–5
* “They call for you: The general who became a slave; the slave who became a gladiator; the gladiator who defied an Emperor. Striking story.” —Commodus, Gladiator (2000 film)
Today’s aphorism
Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love, love is not music and music is the best.
– Frank Zappa
On this day
3 August 1811 – birthday of Elisha Graves Otis, American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. In 1854, he put the finishing touches to his signature invention: a safety device to prevent elevators falling if the cable fails.
3 August 1905 – birthday of Maggie Kuhn, activist and founder of the Gray Panthers, who campaigned for nursing home reform and opposed ageism. She also fought for human rights, social and economic justice, global peace, integration, and mental health issues.
3 August 1914 – World War I heats up: Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France, Britain declares war on Germany, while Turkey signs a pact with Germany.
3 August 1914 – Formation of the World Alliance for International Friendship through the Churches. It’s purpose was to help churches promote peace, disarmament,rights of racial and religious minorities, conscientious objection, arms control, and the League of Nations.
3 August 1963 – birthday of James Hetfield, US rock star, member of Metallica.
3 August 1973 – birthday of Patrick Wilson, American actor, from movies such as ‘the Alamo‘, ‘Watchmen‘, ‘The A-Team‘, ‘Phantom of the Opera‘ – with Gerard Butler and Emma Rossum.
3 August 1973 – Fire kills 51 people at an amusement on the Isle of Man.
3 August 2008 – death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian dissident writer, ‘The Gulag Archipelago‘, ‘One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich‘, ‘The First Circle‘.