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Borrible on Oct 1, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Language was born in the hands (2022)

There was a time when "grasping" something was a literal thing. Strangely enough, however, I only became aware of this when I studied Hegel and some even more obscure texts from Friedrich Engels about Darwin and the importance of the hand for human evolution.Probably his 'Dialectics of Nature'.

keepamovin on Oct 2, 2023 | [–]

Yes, and the word "comprehend" has the root "prehendere" which means "grasp". You can even see the word "hend" in there I think! :)

fsckboy on Oct 12, 2023 | | [–]

and apprehend

in French comprendre is "to understand", and prendre is "to take"

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