October 25, 2006

• The Deceivers (10/2/05), continued

  Conceit
  at Harvard
  

  conceit (See definition.)

  “c.1374, from conceiven (see conceive). An Eng. formation based on deceit and receipt. Sense evolved from ‘something formed in the mind,’ to ‘fanciful or witty notion’ (1513), to ‘vanity’ (1605)….”

  – Online Eytmology Dictionary

  “… there is some virtue in tracking cultural trends in terms of their relation
  to the classic Trinitarian framework of Christian thought.”

  – Description of lectures
  to be given Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of this week (on Father,
  Son, and Holy Spirit, respectively, and their relationship to “cultural
  trends”) at Harvard’s Memorial Church

  I prefer more-classic trinitarian frameworks– for example,

  the classic Pythagorean
  trinity of 4, 3, and 5
  

  
  
  

  

  and the structural trinity
  underlying
  classic quilt patterns:

  

  Click on pictures for further details.

  These mathematical trinities are
  conceits in the sense of concepts
  or notions; examples of the third
  kind of conceit are easily
  found, especially at Harvard.

  For a possible corrective to
  examples of the third kind,
  see
  To Measure the Changes.

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