Logomachy Heard of that one? Neither have I. I should have, but I have
only just. Not before. It means I think a battle between meanings of
words. A conflict of meanings of words. If a melon is a fruit it
cannot be a vegetable. If a right is proprietary it cannot be
personal. Personal rights cannot be proprietary. Yes, stuff only
lawyers and academics worry about. But isn’t that what makes life
interesting. One learns new things, new words, at every turn. One is
never too old to learn, so the saying goes. I often feel too old to be
taught however, and so the process is not enjoyable. Yet I am being
taught everyday. By my daughter. By my wife. By my new boss. By my
younger colleagues. Logomachy. Go make sense of it, but what do I
learn after trying to do some legal research for the better part of
this afternoon? Affirmation of some vague legal principles for sure,
but the lesson that will stick better is that of a new word learned.
Logomachy.