Comments on: Understand http://www.word-detective.com/2007/04/09/understand/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: bzurer http://www.word-detective.com/2007/04/09/understand/comment-page-1/#comment-51 bzurer Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:33:25 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=70#comment-51 Could it be that to really understand, one must put oneself in the same situation? "Before I judge a man, let me first walk a mile in his moccasins" To be "on top of" a situation seems to imply a certain kind of intellectual distance. Could it be that to really understand, one must put oneself in the same situation?
“Before I judge a man, let me first walk a mile in his moccasins”

To be “on top of” a situation seems to imply a certain kind of intellectual distance.

]]> By: marcparis http://www.word-detective.com/2007/04/09/understand/comment-page-1/#comment-37 marcparis Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:08:31 +0000 http://word-detective.com/wordpress/?p=70#comment-37 So is the "under" in "understand" related to "inter"? So is the “under” in “understand” related to “inter”?

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