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Re: Aphorism 146


 

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expedient: (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

judicious: having, showing, or done with good judgement or sense.

Zweck: purpose, cause

zweckmaessig: suitable, practical, appropriate etc.?

Unfortunately, there is no real, separate translation for "maessig" (sorry I can't easily type the German letters!). if you look at many translations of words that end in -maessig, it just gives the feel of making the previous word possible, so to speak...? So here, it would mean that it promotes the purpose/cause.?

To me, that would mean making it more likely to achieve your purpose, so more likely practical/convenient. The "judicial" has a very positive aspect thatis absolutely NOT part of this word. In fact, they say "altho possibly immoral, etc"

Does that help?
Lois














-------- Original message --------
From: "Manish Bhatia via groups.io" <Doctorb9@...>
Date: 5/6/20 10:11 (GMT+01:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Hahnemaniacs] Aphorism 146

What would you say about the difference in judicious and expedient?


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