4 May 2015
exergasia
[ek-ser-gey-zhuh]
Noun
(plural exergasias)
(rhetoric) restatement, a form of parallelism where an idea is repeated and the only change is in the way it is stated.
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἐξεργασία (exergasia, “working out, completion”), from ἐξεργάζομαι (exergazomai, “to work out, finish”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ἔργον (ergon, “work”)
In Latin it is known as ‘expolito’.
Examples of exergasia
Martin Luther King Jr from his ‘I have a dream’ speech:
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy;
now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice;
now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood;
now is the time to make justice a reality for all God’s children.
The idea of correcting injustice is repeated in all four lines to emphasize this idea. (From Wikipedia).
Anagram
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Today’s aphorism
One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
– Eric Clapton
On this day
4 May – International Firefighters Day
4 May – Star Wars Day – May the Fourth be with you!
4 – 8 May 1942 – Battle of the Coral Sea, a major naval battle in the Pacific Theatre during World War 2, fought between the Japanese Imperial Navy and Allied forces from Australia and USA. Japan was attempting to occupy Port Moresby, but was repelled by the Allied forces.
4 May 1970 – National Guards open fire on anti-war protesters at Kent State University, killing four. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young wrote the song ‘Ohio’ about the incident.
4 May 1979 – Margaret Thatcher forms government in the UK. Her administration was controversial and ultra-conservative. Her policies of smaller government, privatisation, nationalism, lower taxes, and free markets gave rise to the term, ‘Thatcherism’. However, her policies were also seen as anti-worker and anti-Union. During the 1980s, United States President Ronald Reagan adopted similar economic conservatism which came to be known as Reaganism. Both Reagan and Thatcher ascribed to the economic theories espoused by neo-liberal economist Milton Friedman. Thatcher remained Prime Minister until her resignation in November 1990 after losing a leadership challenge from Michael Heseltine.