A renowned philosopher was held in high regard by his driver, who listened in awe at every speech while his boss would easily answer questions about morality and ethics.
Then one day the driver approached the philosopher and asked if he was willing to switch roles for the evening"s lecture.
The philosopher agreed and, for a while, the driver handled himself remarkably well.
When it came time for questions from the guests, a woman in the back asked,
"Is the epistemological view of the universe still valid in an existentialist world?"
"That is an extremely simple question," he responded. "So simple, in fact, that even my driver could answer that, which is exactly what he will do."
- not concise, wordy. —v. (-sing) 1 disperse or spread widely.
- intermingle by diffusion. diffusible adj. Diffusive adj. [latin: related to *found3]
DIGITAL
adj. - of digits.
- (of a clock, watch, etc.) Giving a reading by displayed digits.
- (of a computer) operating on data represented by a series of digits.
- (of a recording) with sound-information represented by digits for more reliable transmission. digitally adv. [latin: related to *digit]
- audio tape n. Magnetic tape on which sound is recorded digitally.
DIGNIFY
v. (-ies, -ied) 1 confer dignity on; ennoble.
- give a fine name to. [latin dignus worthy]
DIGNITY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 composed and serious manner.
- worthiness, nobleness (dignity of work).
- high rank or position. beneath one's dignity not worthy enough for one. Stand on one's dignity insist on being treated with respect. [latin dignus worthy]
DIGRAPH
n. Two letters representing one sound, e.g. Ph, ey as in phone, key. [from *di-1, *-graph]
DIGRESS
v. Depart from the main subject in speech or writing. digression n. [latin digredior -gress-]
DILEMMA
n. - situation in which a difficult choice has to be made.
A dog"s sense of smell is one of the keenest in nature. If a pot of stew was cooking on a stove, a human would smell the stew, while the dog could smell the beef, carrots, peas, potatoes, spices, and all the other individual ingredients in the stew.
