The Greek word skandalizein comes from a verb that means “to limp.” What does a lame person resemble? To someone following a person limping it appears that the person continually collides with his or her own shadow.
✖ Via girardianlectionary.net / GIRARD, René ([1999]2001). I see Satan Fall Like Lightning, trans. by James G. Williams, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Book.

• Dec 28, 2008 link notes tagged: excerpt  philosohy  skandalon  tumble  Girard 

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