Dear Gary, All ... I was obviously having a lot more fun with words in those days ... sigh, good times ... the point of it all being I always see the whole complex of meanings associated with the Greek root "pragma, pragmata" through the more threadbare veil of the Latin "object". That complex contains all the senses of aims, concerns, ends, goals, intentional objects, and purposes we tend to express more obliquely through the use of "object" to mean "objective". Still, the latter use does have some currency in cybernetics, operations research, and systems theory, so it's a handy sense to keep in mind.
Cf: Liddell & Scott http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dpra%3Dgma Regards, Jon unicode test: πραγμα On 8/3/2020 10:45 AM, Jon Awbrey wrote:
o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o Pragma, Pragmata, Pragmatitude! o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o~~~~~~~~~o Texas Tech Lyris ??? 2000-03-30 ??? 21:46:00 https://arisbe.sitehost.iu.edu/PEIRCE-L/lyris2000.htm Cf: Liddell & Scott At: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pragma&la=greek#lexicon #%%%%%%%%%#%%%%%%%%%#%%%%%%%%%#%%%%%%%%%#%%%%%%%%%#%%%%%%%%%# When I am confused by all the ways that "object" is abused, I turn from the Latin and return to the Greek, weighing the anchor of my Liddell & Scott, unfurling the sail that I see blazoned with the emblem "?????????????", or "pragma" trans-writ, and there I retrace my bracing, hearty, and regaling chant: Object, Objective, Purpose, Concern, Objection, Obstacle, Obstruction, Too, Trouble, Treatise, and a Thing or Two, What's Done, What's Doing, What's To Do, Act & Affair, Deed & Fact, Matter & Work, Business, Career, Duty, Expedience, Opus, Circumstantial Consequential Contingency, Annoyance, Engagement, Irritation, Peril, Powers That Be, Government, Undertaking, This is the meat in our pragmatic stew! OK, so I spiced it up, just a pinch or two, But I brewed it and cooked it just for you, As I learned it from Our Chef You-Know-Who! Jon #%%%%%%%%%#%%%%%%%%%#%%%%%%%%%#%%%%%%%%%#%%%%%%%%%#%%%%%%%%%#
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