East/etymology

Famous quotes containing the words east and/or etymology:

    The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
    Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)

    The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
    Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)