William
and Wanda wonder…
William: Who first said,
“ontology precedes epistemology”?
Wanda: Heidegger or someone
like that?
William: I can’t find anyone to positively quote as the original source.
Wanda: I was looking up
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch” recently. Seems to come from the 1930s but
no clear source. Proverbs create the same confusion. “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Can’t
attribute that.
William: Some proverbs can
be sourced though. “The pen is mightier than the sword." Edward Bulwer Lytton.
Wanda: And then there are
those maxims that are inspirational. “Change is the only constant.” Non-attributable
I’m sure.
William: Actually, that seems to have been Heraclitus. Somebody might have said it even before him. But these days there are source police who watch out for misattributions. Reza Aslan got
flagged for quoting a story as being from Buddha. “If you want to draw water you do not dig six one-foot wells. You dig one
six-foot well.” Apparently it wasn't.
__________
Voice-over
In the age of plagiarism
police, protect yourself…
Three possibilities for
sources are:
- attribution
- no attribution
- wrong attribution
...
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