Hibbs, Philip says:
>>>"Illumination" and "Enlightenment" are effectively the same word, like=
an
>>>"Allied Spirit" is often called a "Familiar". =
>SNIP>>
>I was referring to the etymology: Enlightenment (the word) =
>means the same as Illumination.
AAARGH! NO! I *really* can't let THIS nasty little rhetorical trick past!=
In which way, exactly, are you suggesting that the etymology of "Allied
Spirit" is related to "Familiar", in the same way that "Illumination"
is related to "Enlightenment"?
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For your enlightenment, etymology concerns itself with words, and their derivation, particularly from a morphological POV. =
Illumination and Enlightenment are words which *do* have a distant etymological link. (il-LU-mination and en-LI-ghtenment : despite the vowel change, the LU and LI derive, theoretically, from the same Indo-European etymon, meaning light). I fail to see any similar =
resemblance between "Allied Spirit" and "Familiar".
Also, when there are two words, it is generally because (at least) =
two different meanings are present in the language. =
Synonymy can, in fact, almost never be demonstrated, and is in any case exceedingly rare.
Quite apart from this theory, I have yet to see anyone explain that Enlightenment and Illumination have =
only one meaning between them. I, personally, believe =
the opposite to be true.
An allied spirit and a familiar are, in the same way, two different things IMHO.=
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