QED
From: Harry Veeder
Analysis - what does that word mean?
Would it be mean... (or just average) to say this article leads
one to the conclusion that 'analysis' requires a rather 'anal'
predisposition?
<G>
;-)
Not necessarily.
At the site it says this:
"The word Oanalysis¹ derives from the ancient Greek term
Oanalusis¹. The
prefix Oana¹ means Oup¹, and Olusis¹ means Oloosing¹, Orelease¹
or
Oseparation¹, so that Oanalusis¹ means Oloosening up¹ or
Odissolution¹. The
term was readily extended to the solving or dissolving of a
problem, and it
was in this sense that it was employed in ancient Greek geometry
and
philosophy."
Harry
