Difference between revisions of "Length Withought Breath"

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(New page: * '''length without breadth:''' Euclid, ''Elements'', Book 1, Definition 2: "A line is length without breadth (Γραμμη δε μηκος απλατες) * '''World without end, Amen:''...)
 
 
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* '''breath''' → ''length without breath'' suggests the corpse of HCE laid out lengthwise, breathless → hence the allusion to death ('''Tod''') in the margin

Latest revision as of 09:34, 8 May 2011

  • length without breadth: Euclid, Elements, Book 1, Definition 2: "A line is length without breadth (Γραμμη δε μηκος απλατες)
  • World without end, Amen: the closing words of the prayer Gloria Patri ("Glory Be to the Father")
  • thought
  • breathlength without breath suggests the corpse of HCE laid out lengthwise, breathless → hence the allusion to death (Tod) in the margin