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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: coug who wrote (37196)5/9/1999 7:23:00 AM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Diatribe --- very funny word.

It currently means invective or angry argument but is derived from L. diatriba "learned discourse" from Gr. diatribe "wearing away" [from the tendency of academic philosophers exhaustively to bore in their inquiries]. Epictetus's lectures were called "diatribes" and were so mild and reasonable that they are boring in the extreme, although no doubt full of wisdom. This is a very little, short diatribe.
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