Look around. Is there anyone that you know who has not had a problem of some sort? Of course not. “But,” you say, “what about So-n-So? I can’t think of anything that’s been a problem for him (or her).”
“What?” I respond. “Are you kidding? Just because you don’t know about some problem doesn’t mean one doesn’t or didn’t exist. Humans have problems. It’s our nature. Just in battling our own nature, let alone battling Mother Nature, we encounter problems.”
Nemo fuit quin vulneraretur. “There was no one who was not wounded.” And there is no one now who is not wounded or carries a wound.
Why should I use the Latin? After all, who except priests and some professors of the “classics” can read Latin? It certainly isn’t a requisite in most high schools. Good question and point. So, then why use it?
In Latin the word quin introduces clauses of “characteristic.” I just want you to know that being wounded or having been wounded is characteristic of everyone. Behind every protective shield, shell, hardness, or seeming imperturbability, lies pain. True, there are degrees of “being wounded,” just as there are degrees of and kinds of responses to wounds. But neither degree of pain nor degree of tolerance eradicates the pain that is—or once was—there.
Look around. Is there anyone you know who has not had a problem? No? Then realize you are not alone in yours. “Quin,” that is, it’s a human characteristic.
“What?” I respond. “Are you kidding? Just because you don’t know about some problem doesn’t mean one doesn’t or didn’t exist. Humans have problems. It’s our nature. Just in battling our own nature, let alone battling Mother Nature, we encounter problems.”
Nemo fuit quin vulneraretur. “There was no one who was not wounded.” And there is no one now who is not wounded or carries a wound.
Why should I use the Latin? After all, who except priests and some professors of the “classics” can read Latin? It certainly isn’t a requisite in most high schools. Good question and point. So, then why use it?
In Latin the word quin introduces clauses of “characteristic.” I just want you to know that being wounded or having been wounded is characteristic of everyone. Behind every protective shield, shell, hardness, or seeming imperturbability, lies pain. True, there are degrees of “being wounded,” just as there are degrees of and kinds of responses to wounds. But neither degree of pain nor degree of tolerance eradicates the pain that is—or once was—there.
Look around. Is there anyone you know who has not had a problem? No? Then realize you are not alone in yours. “Quin,” that is, it’s a human characteristic.
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