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* '''Finnegan''' → 005.10 [[Finn]]
 
* '''Finnegan''' → 005.10 [[Finn]]
  
* '''''s Michael Finnegan'':''' an endless song, which repeats itself ad nauseam → [[Vico|Vico's]] circular conception of history:
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* '''''Michael Finnegan'':''' (''song'') ''[[Michael Finnegan]]'' is an endless song, which repeats itself ad nauseam → [[Vico|Vico's]] circular conception of history
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:There was a man called Michael Finnegan<br>
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* '''fin:''' (''French'') end &rarr; fin + again &rarr; [[Vico|Vico's]] circular conception of history
:He grew whiskers on his chinnegan<br>
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:The wind came along and blew them in again<br>
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*'''Meister:''' medeval scholars who typically worked independentaly of the universities and where at war with the doctors (Aquinas, Duns Scotus); seen as radicals the advanced new and heretical ideas: famous characters, Meister Eckhart, Willam of Ockam, Roger Bacon (perhaps even Marten Luther has the characteristics). Frequently criticised the medeval church, often where empiricists, and nominalists, but always seen as outsiders.
:Poor old Michael Finnegan<br>
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:Begin again.<br>
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==Commentary==
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<blockquote>''Mister Finn, you're going to be Mister Finnagain!''</blockquote>
:There was an old man named Michael Finnegan<br>
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Finnegan's death and return: in death, he ceased to be Finn/Finnegan; upon awakening, he becomes so again.
:He went fishing with a pinnegan<br>
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:Caught a fish and dropped it in again<br>
 
:Poor old Michael Finnegan<br>
 
:Begin again.<br>
 
:<br>
 
:There was an old man named Michael Finnegan<br>
 
:He grew fat and then grew thin again<br>
 
:Then he died and had to begin again<br>
 
:Poor old Michael Finnegan<br>
 
:Begin again ... (etc.)<br>
 
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* '''''F'' fin:''' end &rarr; fin + again &rarr; [[Vico|Vico's]] circular conception of history
 
  
 
[[Category:Finnegan]]
 
[[Category:Finnegan]]
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[[Category: Songs and lyrics]]

Latest revision as of 15:16, 19 January 2014

  • Finnegan → 005.10 Finn
  • Michael Finnegan: (song) Michael Finnegan is an endless song, which repeats itself ad nauseam → Vico's circular conception of history
  • fin: (French) end → fin + again → Vico's circular conception of history
  • Meister: medeval scholars who typically worked independentaly of the universities and where at war with the doctors (Aquinas, Duns Scotus); seen as radicals the advanced new and heretical ideas: famous characters, Meister Eckhart, Willam of Ockam, Roger Bacon (perhaps even Marten Luther has the characteristics). Frequently criticised the medeval church, often where empiricists, and nominalists, but always seen as outsiders.

Commentary

Mister Finn, you're going to be Mister Finnagain!

Finnegan's death and return: in death, he ceased to be Finn/Finnegan; upon awakening, he becomes so again.