tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 22 21:15:39 2000
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RE: tlhIngan "Tao" ?
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- Subject: RE: tlhIngan "Tao" ?
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:15:22 -0400 (EDT)
taghqIj:
>> <chenmoHtaHwI'> - that which is always causing [things] to take
>> form (the tao contains all things in potentiality, good and evil,
>> female and male, light and dark, creative and destructive)
I don't think any word translating "Tao" (in the Taoist sense) should
have /-moH/ in it. It's too active... the "Tao" doesn't actively
*cause* things to take form.
Tao-mo' chen Hoch, 'ach pagh chenmoH Tao. {{=)
taghqIj:
>> <Doch ponglaHbogh pagh> - the thing which cannot be named (to
>> 'name' something means more than just to give it a label - it
>> is to place it in some sort of context and/or hierarchy of
>> entites - especially in ancient Chinese thought, i believe. the
>> tao is completely beyond context or hierarchy. 'the tao which
>> can be explained is not the true tao; the tao which can be
>> named is not the true tao.')
pagh:
>There's no evidence that Klingon attaches this special meaning to the word
><pong> or to names. We do know that Klingons place quite a bit of value and
>honor in family names, that's about the only special significance <pong> has
>(that I know of), either as a noun or a verb.
I think if you said to a Klingon that the Tao cannot be /pong/ed,
he'd look at you funny and say: "Of course it can be named! Its name
is the Tao!" Philosophical subtlety doesn't seem to be very evident
in what we've seen of Klingon culture. Klingon culture values
directness; something that can't be named might sound terribly
suspect.
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