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25 March 2011

Untrodden paths

The untrodden path is a contradiction in terms. If it is a path, it is not untrodden; if it is untrodden, it is not a path.

2 comments:

  1. What about if you make the path by walking, like Paulo Freire?

    What about paths that used to be but are forgotten and no longer used and therefore are untrodden?

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  2. In the first instance, there isn't a path. There comes the walk, and then the path.
    In the latter example, it is an abandoned path, no longer used and therefore not a path anymore!
    Either way, the phrase still is redundant and a contradiction in terms.

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