MDDM18: German

[Dave Monroe]

Okay, thanks, some capital-C Clues, methinks.  This is
why I single out these things ...

--- Mutualcode at aol.com wrote:
> Somewhere in _Ulysses_, Bloom, the
> historian/scientist, is outside- I think the library
> (where Irish Stephen has just delivered his response
> to the misinterpretation of The Poet)- 
> investigating statues for anatomical correctness.
> I've heard it said, based on this passage, that
> Bloom is a Greek Enthusiast. 
> 
> In a message dated 1/30/02 9:26:41 AM, pfm at anam.com
> writes:
> 
> << I seemed to remember some Religious etymology for
> the word Enthusiast and sure enough:
> 
> Main Entry: en.thu.si.asm
> Pronunciation: in-'thu-zE-"a-z&m, en-, also -'thyu-
> Function: noun
> Etymology: Greek enthousiasmos, from enthousiazein
> to be inspired, irregular
> from entheos inspired, from en- + theos god
> Date: 1603
> 1 a : belief in special revelations of the Holy
> Spirit b : religious fanaticism
> 2 a : strong excitement of feeling : ARDOR b :
> something inspiring zeal or fervor
> 
> Coupled with the fact that the phrase used is
> "German Enthusiasts" (caps) meaning 1 above, may be
> relevant.

And pardon my laxity for (uncharacteristically) not
having performed this operation myself.  Thanks ...

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