{"id":651581,"date":"2024-11-28T09:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=651581"},"modified":"2024-11-28T09:10:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T14:10:41","slug":"the-role-and-task-of-the-philosopher-is-to-posit-desideratum-things-to-be-desired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/28\/the-role-and-task-of-the-philosopher-is-to-posit-desideratum-things-to-be-desired\/","title":{"rendered":"The role and task of the philosopher is to posit desideratum \u00e2\u20ac\u201d things to be desired!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What *SHOULD* be desired?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ease, comfort, power?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

From\u00c2\u00a0de-<\/a><\/em>\u00c2\u00a0+\u00c2\u00a0s\u00c4\u00abder-<\/a><\/em>, a morpheme perhaps related to\u00c2\u00a0s\u00c4\u00abdus<\/a><\/em>(\u00e2\u20ac\u0153star; constellation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)\u00c2\u00a0(compare\u00c2\u00a0c\u00c5\u008dns\u00c4\u00abder\u00c5\u008d<\/a><\/em>). Perhaps like “wish upon a shooting star.”[1]<\/a><\/sup>

Same as consider \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to look at, inspect constellation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153desideratum\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> originates from Latin. It is the neuter singular form of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153desideratum,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> which comes from the verb \u00e2\u20ac\u0153desiderare,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> meaning \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to desire\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to long for.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> In Latin, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153desideratum\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em> refers to something that is desired or needed. The plural form is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153desiderata.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> The term entered the English language in the 17th century, retaining its original meaning of something that is greatly desired or considered necessary.
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The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153desideratum\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> originates from the Latin verb \u00e2\u20ac\u0153d\u00c4\u201cs\u00c4\u00abder\u00c4\u0081re\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong>, which means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to long for\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153to desire.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a breakdown of its etymology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Latin Root:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153D\u00c4\u201cs\u00c4\u00abder\u00c4\u0081tum\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> is the neuter past participle of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153d\u00c4\u201cs\u00c4\u00abder\u00c4\u0081re\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> (to desire, to feel the lack of).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The prefix \u00e2\u20ac\u0153d\u00c4\u201c-\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> often implies removal or separation, while \u00e2\u20ac\u0153s\u00c4\u00abdera\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> (plural of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153s\u00c4\u00abdus\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong>) refers to stars or constellations. This might hint at the original idea of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153lacking\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153missing something vital, like a guiding star.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Medieval and Classical Latin Usage:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 In Latin, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153desideratum\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/strong> was used to signify something felt as missing or needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Introduction into English:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 The word entered the English lexicon in the mid-17th century through scholarly and philosophical texts, retaining its formal tone and meaning as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153something wanted or needed.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153desideratum\u00e2\u20ac\u009d remains closely tied to academic, philosophical, and intellectual discussions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What *SHOULD* be desired? Ease, comfort, power? From\u00c2\u00a0de-\u00c2\u00a0+\u00c2\u00a0s\u00c4\u00abder-, a morpheme perhaps related to\u00c2\u00a0s\u00c4\u00abdus(\u00e2\u20ac\u0153star; constellation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)\u00c2\u00a0(compare\u00c2\u00a0c\u00c5\u008dns\u00c4\u00abder\u00c5\u008d). Perhaps like “wish upon a shooting star.”[1] Same as consider \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to look at, inspect constellation? The word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153desideratum\u00e2\u20ac\u009d originates \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-651581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=651581"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651587,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651581\/revisions\/651587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}