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Thursday, November 30, 2017

IMMANENT, IMMINENT, EMINENT

In an e-mail, my friend Mona Lisa used the word "immanent";  the context of the message made me know that she did not mean to use the words "imminent" or "eminent" but I thought it had to be an error, but how could I doubt her?  Why didn't I know "immanent"?  

Oh, Sue aren't you the one who says she learns something new every day.  File under "comeuppance"!

From Merriam Webster:

IMMANENT:    Adjective  
1.  Inherent, indwelling, spread throughout 
2.  Being within the limits of possible experience or knowledge.  Subjective:  taking place within the mind and having no effect outside of it

From Anthony Burgess:  "Beauty is not something imposed but something immanent."










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