2. Notes - definitions, plus

       Late morning. Let's begin with a definition, both Plato and Aristotle would expect that. The word is "essential" as in Saint Exupéry's quotation, "what is essential is invisible to the eye." - Amorella

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essential

adjective -- 1 it is essential to remove the paint: 

crucial, necessary, key, vital, indispensable, important, all-important, of the essence, critical, imperative, mandatory, compulsory, obligatory; urgent, 

pressing, paramount, preeminent, high

priority, nonnegotiable; informal must-have.

ANTONYMS unimportant, optional. 2 the essential simplicity of his style: 

basic, inherent, fundamental, quintessential, intrinsic, underlying, characteristic, innate, primary, elementary, elemental; central, pivotal, vital.  

ANTONYMS  secondary.

noun 1 an essential for broadcasters: 

necessity, prerequisite, requisite, requirement, need; condition, 

precondition, stipulation; sine qua non; informal must, must-have. 2 the essentials of the job:

fundamentals, basics, rudiments, first principles, foundations, bedrock; essence, basis, core, kernel, crux, sine qua non; informal nitty-gritty, brass tacks, nuts and bolts, meat and potatoes.

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       Time to ready yourself to Discount Tires in Lewis Center for your free rotation for the Avalon. Later. - Amorella

       1258 hours. I am waiting at Discount. Do you wish to continue?

       The second definition returns to the beginning of the quotation, "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;" Anyone wanted to define "heart" in context with this blog may return to the "Encounters in Mind" blog to discover its use. "Seeing rightly" is my concern here. 'Understanding rightly' will work, but what of the use of "rightly" in terms of this blog, "Encounters in Spirit"? - Amorella

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right adjective- 1 it wouldn't be right to do that: 

just, fair, proper, good, upright, righteous, virtuous, moral, ethical, 

honorable, honest; lawful, legal. 

ANTONYMS  wrong, unjust. 2 Mr. Hubert had the right answer: 

correct, accurate, exact, precise; proper, valid, conventional, established, official, formal. 

ANTONYMS  wrong, inaccurate. 3 the right person for the job: 

suitable, appropriate, fitting, correct, proper, desirable, preferable, ideal; archaic meet. 

ANTONYMS wrong, unsuitable. 4 you've come at the right time: 

opportune, advantageous, favorable, propitious, good, lucky, happy, fortunate, providential, felicitous; timely, seasonable, convenient, expedient, suitable, appropriate. 

ANTONYMS  wrong, inopportune. 5 he's not right in the head: 

sane, lucid, rational, balanced, together, compos mentis; healthy, well; 

informal all there. 

ANTONYMS non compos mentis, insane.6 my right hand: 

dextral. 

ANTONYMS  left. 

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adverb 1 she was right at the limit of her patience: completely, fully, totally, absolutely, utterly, thoroughly, quite.

2 right in the middle of the village: 

exactly, precisely, directly, immediately, just, squarely, dead; informal bang,smack, plumb, smack dab.3 keep going right ahead: 

straight, directly. 

ANTONYMS  indirectly. 4 informal he'll be right down: 

straight, immediately, instantly, at once, straightaway, now, right now, this minute, directly, forthwith, without further ado, promptly, quickly, as soon as possible, 

ASAP, in short order; informal straight off, 

PDQ, pretty damn quick, pronto, lickety-split. 

ANTONYMS sometime, later.5 I think I heard right: 

correctly, accurately, properly, precisely, aright, rightly, perfectly. 

ANTONYMS  wrong.6 make sure you're treated right by the authorities: 

well, properly, justly, fairly, nicely, equitably, impartially, honorably, lawfully, legally, ethically. 

ANTONYMS  unjustly.7 things will turn out right: 

well, for the 

best, favorably, happily, advantageously, profitably, providentially, luckily, 

conveniently. 

ANTONYMS  badly.

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noun- 1 the difference between right and wrong: 

goodness, righteousness, virtue, integrity, rectitude, propriety, morality, 

truth, honesty, honor, justice, fairness, equity; lawfulness, legality. 

ANTONYMS  wrong.2 you have the right to say no:

entitlement, prerogative, privilege, advantage, due, birthright, liberty, authority, power, license, permission, dispensation, leave, sanction, freedom; 

Law, historical droit.

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       The underlining in both definitions above serve for this blog to prevent misunderstanding, unintentional or otherwise. - Amorella

       1338 hours. Your tone immediately above is a little disconcerting.

       Orndorff, your mind is being interrupted by the day to day social and political world you live in. - Amorella

       1343 hours. What about defining "invisible" as in "invisible to the eye"?

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invisible adjective - when the glue dries, it is invisible: unable to be seen, not visible; 

undetectable, indiscernible, inconspicuous, imperceptible; unseen, 

unnoticed, unobserved, hidden, veiled, obscured, out of sight.

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       What would you underline in the above, boy? - Amorella

       1351 hours. This is not so easy. If something is 'unseen' it might still be detectable, but if something is 'undetectable' then does that mean it is and never will be detectable? Words are confusing. I don't really know what the right definition is in this case, which is the reason I brought up the question in the first place. 

       Later, Carol is on page 156 of Coben's Home. You are facing east across a soccer field at Heritage Park in Westerville. You had lunch at home and are sharing a diet Coke from McD's on nearby Cleveland Avenue. - Amorella

       If the human spirit is imperceptible, you know it is either honestly unobserved in the moment or veiled from a nearby observer's sight or intuitional sense. - Amorella

       1514 hours. Why would anyone honest want to hide her or his natural nature or inclinations? I cannot imagine anyone who is truly interested in her or his natural humanity to be reading this blog in the first place. How can one come to know others, if sheorhe does not know herorhimself? Socrates says that to be wise one must attempt to be moderate in all things and to know himself. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are important to me in my attempt to learn almost anything. For instance, a couple of days ago our old friends, Craig and Alta, left our home to go to the wedding of another family friend's son or daughter in Granville, Ohio. I have known Craig since he was a Freshman at Westerville High. We both were on the football team in 1957-1958. We joined the same fraternity at Otterbein University in the Fall, 1961. In fact, Craig had a couple of dates with Carol before I did. We  both were in each other's weddings. We have kept in touch over the years, traveling first to Chicago to see the King Tut exhibit, to Sao Paulo and Rio when Carol and I taught in Brazil, to Washington D.C. when Carol's parents still lived there, trips around the United States as well as to Canada, England and Italy. They are meeting us at our Mason friend's condo at Madeira Beach, Florida at the end of November and they are traveling back to Ohio with us to see other mutual old friends Jim and Jeanne, in Atlanta. Jim was a fraternity brother. Such lifelong friends are surely examples of connecting literally with the heartsansoulsanminds of others of our species. These actions can be seen, observed by others, but in the heartsansoulsanminds of others the friendships may at some levels be unspeakable because we do not have the vocabulary to share a deep friendship with another human being at that level. Without words to use to share, the depths of such love and kindness for one another are inadequate, but the feelings and reality and truth of such relationships are real enough to hope such friendships survive physical death. True friends are closer sometimes than friendships within one's own family. Those who do or cannot admit this to themselves are dishonest. We love others but we cannot know how much. Never. It is invisible to the eye as well as to one's heart and soul and mind. Not knowing the measurement of such depth in heartansoulanmind (human spirit) is essential to being a human being. (1544)

       With such a statement you are at a crux of being human, but questions can be asked and further self-learning can take place. Once home, post. - Amorella