From online etymology:
"-ist"
"agent noun suffix, also used to indicate adherence to a certain doctrine or custom, from French "-iste", from Latin "-ista", from Gkreek "-istes", from agential suffix "-tes". Variant -ister (e.g. chorister, barister) is from Old French-istre, on false analogy of ministre. Variant -ista is from Spanish form, popularized in Eng. 1970s by names of Latin-American revolutionary movements."
-- as in Peronistic ("Don't cry for me Argentina").
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Griceist? Griceist? Griceista
ReplyDeleteThe sp. form when used by yankees usually has negative connotation: marxist, marxistas. Nasty chandala types. Ah, another Griceista. Beware.
I get a sense of...metaphysical realism in a few Grice essays Ive read but is it full-blown platonism? Not sure. I thought he was a Kantian--a slightly different species of Ghost (he offers a list of maxims, relates to Kantian categories etc). er Geist. Immanuel the friendly Geist
Sure. Sorry for the confusion. It was in reply to Jones's query as to the distinction between 'platonic' and 'platonist'. Surely Grice is no platonic or platonist. Griceista at most!
ReplyDelete----- Indeed, when I was looking for the -ist suffix to answer Jones's query, I read that as used re: "Latin American revolutionary movements" it is the standard form!
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