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{{Page |n°=35}} Dear Ilona and Karl, | |||
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{{Page |n°=36}} and anthropology. She finds affinities between Polynesian, Indo-european and Semitic, as they appear in particular Maori, Sanskrit and Hebrew. Of course the same root may have in these languages different meanings changed by the circumstance of time and place. This is where your book comes in for her. You say e.g. that antiquity had no special concept of economy. Comparison of languages confirms this. For instance OIKOS can be traced in words which show that economy was embedded “in a complexity of non economic institutions". Thus we find the roo OIK in OIKEI- friends, relatives; OIKOPHELES – beneficial for the family, OIKOPHYLAKEO – to guard the home; OIKODOMIA – building, edification, divine knowledge, education. These words express non economic institutions such as family, protection etc. Their relation to OIKOS - economy … […] | |||
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== Letter Informations == | == Letter Informations == | ||
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'''[[Karl Polanyi Archives (KPI Classification)|KPA]]''': [[58/10]], 34-36 | '''[[Karl Polanyi Archives (KPI Classification)|KPA]]''': [[58/10]], 34-36 | ||
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[35] Dear Ilona and Karl,
[36] and anthropology. She finds affinities between Polynesian, Indo-european and Semitic, as they appear in particular Maori, Sanskrit and Hebrew. Of course the same root may have in these languages different meanings changed by the circumstance of time and place. This is where your book comes in for her. You say e.g. that antiquity had no special concept of economy. Comparison of languages confirms this. For instance OIKOS can be traced in words which show that economy was embedded “in a complexity of non economic institutions". Thus we find the roo OIK in OIKEI- friends, relatives; OIKOPHELES – beneficial for the family, OIKOPHYLAKEO – to guard the home; OIKODOMIA – building, edification, divine knowledge, education. These words express non economic institutions such as family, protection etc. Their relation to OIKOS - economy … […]