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Man Manifest Mankind Maniac Mangle Manipulation
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ MAN  id+ | HUMAN thus with MIND |
^u     implies male of the HUMAN SPECIES
~ MAN~ prefix for MAN or HUMAN or
       MANUAL or HAND
     lit+ in The Prince by MACHIAVELLI [#]
          humans are presented as
     " ... THEY ARE UNGRATEFUL, FICKLE,
     LIARS AND DECIEVERS,
     THEY SHUN DANGER AND
     ARE GREEDY FOR PROFIT,
     AND WHEN YOU ARE IN DANGER
     THEY TURN AGAINST YOU ... "
            continued in
~ MANGLE    id+ | MUTILATE |
            cont> see> MAIM
~ MANIA     id+ | see> A FORM OF MADNESS |
~ MANIAC    id+ | EXCESSIVE THINKING to the point of
                  MENTAL INSANITY |     see> MENTAL
            skt  MANYATE  = HE WHO THINKS
            med> MANIAC     OBSESSIVE THINKING
~ MANIATAR  id+ | sp for MANACLE |
            ply> | MANIACS ARE "MANIATADOS"
                   BY LIMITED AND LIMITING IDEAS
                   AND SOME END IN A "MANICOMIO" or
                   MAD HOUSE or INSANE ASYLUM |
            sp MANIA plus ATAR for TO TIE or BIND
~ MANIACAL  or                        see> MEMORY
~ MANIC     id+ | NARROW  FIXED  LIMITED THOUGHTS |
            id+ | MENTAL DISORDER OF OBSESSIVE CHARACTER |
~ MANICOMIO  med> sp for INSANE ASYLUM
             from sp MANI and KOMIO from
     gr         MAINOMAI = I AM CRAZY
                KOMEO      I CARE FOR
     med>       MANIAC     THOSE BOUND BY OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS
     sp         MANIATAR   SHACKLE  FETTER  TO BIND
                    ATAR   TO MANACLE or TO TIE
     skt        MANAS      MIND           sug> CLEPTOMANIA
                MANIATE    HE THINKS      sug> KLEPTOMANIA
     gr         MENOS      SPIRIT         sug> PYROMANIA
                           COURAGE        sug> DIPSOMANIA
                MANIA      MADNESS        sug> NYMPHOMANIA
     sp         MANIAR     TO FIX as in
                           TO BIND or
                           TO LIGATE
                MANIACOS   MANIC
     old eng    MINDE      MIND or MUNDE
     myth>      MINERVA    GODDESS OF THE MIND or
                           WISDOM  see> ATHENA
      lat       MENS       MIND or CHANGE
              DEMENTIA     DEPARTED FROM HIS MIND
     med>     DEMENTED     DEPRIVED FROM REASON or
                           ALIENATED from his MIND
     med>      AMENTIA     LACK OF MIND as in
                           PROFOUND MENTAL RETARDATION
     med> OLIGOMENTIA      or OLIGOPHRENIA for
                           MENTAL SLOWNESS or RETARDATION
     lat       MENTIO      MENTION
     eng       MENTOR      ADVISOR
     myth>     MENTOR      THE ADVISOR OF ODYSSEUS
     gr        MEMINISSE   MEMORIZE  TO REMEBER
     lat       MONERE      TO WARN or
     eng     ADMONISH      CENSURE
     gr        MAINESTHAI  TO RAVE
                           TO ACT AS A MADMAN
     myth>     MAENAD      MANIC NYMPHS ATTENDANTS UPON DIONYSUS
     hx>       MANTEIA     ORACLE or THOSE WHO
                           MIND and MENTION THE FUTURE
     lit+    EUMENIDES     WELL MINDED or DISPOSE thus
                           GRACIOUS thus those who
               MENTION     or use SWEET TALK or
     eng    COMMENTS       STATEMENTS
              ~MANTIA      suffix as is
              ~MENTIA      or
              ~MANCY       for STATE OF MIND as in
     med> NECROMANCY       MENTAL FIXATION WITH DEATH
     gr        MNESIS      REMEMBER thus
     med>   ANAMNESIS      HISTORY OF SYMPTOMS
                           ARE REMEMBERED BY A PATIENT
     see>      MEMORY      for
             REMEMBRANCE   or
             REMINISCENCE  or
             REMIND        STIMULATE THE
               MIND        or
               MONISH      as in
             ADMONISH      from
     sp      RECORDAR      REMEMBER
             RECUERDO      MEMENTO  REMINDER  SOUVENIR
               CORDURA     MENTAL HEALTH
               CUERDA      STRING or SEQUENCE
               SENSATO     THOSE WHOSE SENSES MAKE SENSE
     lat       MONERE      TO THINK or MIND as in
     eng       MONUMENT    or
               MEMORIAL    for more see above
     eng    PREMONITION    INTUITION
     lit+      MEMENTO     as in MEMENTO MORI or
     eng     REMNANT       VESTIGE
     gr        MNEMONIKA   MENENOMIC or MEMORY AID
     myth>     MNEMOSUNE   or
               MNEMOSINE   or
               MNEMOSYNE   Goddess of MEMORY who became
               MONETA      for
     eng>      MONEY       REMINDS and MONETA or
     see>      JUNO        was the REMINDER or WARNER
                           SHE REMINDED ROMAS OF WARS
                           WHEN HER TEMPLE WAS OPEN
                           AS DURING CONFLAGRATIONS
     med>     AMNESIA      LOST MENTAL MEMORY thus
                           A FORM OF MENTAL INSANITY
     hx>      AMNESTY      SOCIAL AMNESIA or
                           FORGIVENESS
     sc>       MATHESIS    LEARNING thus
                           CORE MENTAL PROPERTY
                           see> MATHEMATICS
     skr       MATA        THOUGHT
     gr    AUTOMATON       ACTING BY ITSELF
                cont> see> MENTAL
                cont> see> MIND
~ MANIFEST      id+ | PLAIN as if HAND PALM OPEN |
~ MANIPULATION  id+ | EXPLOIT  MISUSE |
                "MEDIA" CONGLOMERATES
            CONCENTRATING OWNERSHIP OF
            NEWSPAPERS and TELEVISION or TV
            outlets STIFLE DEMOCRACY and
            IMPOSE VIEWS OF ITS PATRONS
            for example see> see> MURDOCH
~ MANKIND   id+ | HUMANS are MANUAL ANIMALS |
            id+ | MAN also has a unique see> MIND |
  ukr  CHOLOVIK = MAN
       CHOLO      FOREHEAD
      OCHOLONYTY  TO LEAD as TO BE THE HEAD
  id+ | MAN MEN MANKIND have a MIND
        thus FREE WILL thus are INDIVIDUALS |
  lit+ " MAN IS A POLITICAL ANIMAL "  sug> POLITE
  lit+ " WONDERS ARE MANY
         AND NONE MORE WONDERFUL
         THAN MAN ... "
  Chorus in the play "Antigone"
  note  sp MANO = HAND
  maxim> MAN IS AN ANIMAL WHOSE CHIEF OCCUPATION IS
         EXTERMINATION OF OTHER ANIMALS AND
  HIS ONW SPECIES ... HOWEVER
  IT MULTIPLIES WITH SUCH INSISTENT RAPIDITY
  AS TO INFEST THE WHOLE HABITABLE EARTH ...
  per Ambrose PIERCE [#] (1842-1914)
  biol> med> AMONG THE MOST       sug> MOST
             AGGRESSIVE ANIMALS   sug> ANIMATED
  lit+  " ...
          MAN IS AN ANIMAL WHICH  sug> GREED
        DEVOURS HIS OWN KIND ...  sug> IMMOLATES
  RICH PREY ON THE POOR ... "     sug> CANNIBAL
  from a 1787 letter by
  T JEFFERSON [#] to E Carrington
  lit+ " LUPUS EST HOMO HOMINI
         NON HOMO QUOM QUALIS
         SIT NON NOVIT" or
  "MAN IS NO MAN BUT
   A WOLF TO A STRANGER"
  attr to Titus Maccius PLAUTUS [#]
  255-184 BC who was a
  STAGE CARPENTER and BECAME KNOWN FOR
  HIS VERSIONS OF GREEK COMEDIES
  lit+ "MANKIND {has a} PERPETUAL AND
        RELENTLESS DESIRE FOR
        POWER AFTER POWER...."
  in Leviathan by Thomas HOBBES [#]
  lit+ maxim> " MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS "
                from ARISTOTLE [#] Politics Book I
  lit+ " AN AROUSED HUMAN MIND
         OPENS THE GATE
         TO LOVE and MADNESS " see> MANIA
         anonymous
  note   MAN or     HUMAN      sug> LUNATIC
  sp   HUMANO       HUMAN      sug> HUMOR
         MANO       HAND       sug> LABORER
  skt    MANUS      PERSON     sug> PERSONALITY
         MANTRA     PRAYER     sug> INCANTATION
         MANAS      MIND       sug> SENSE
  gr     MANTIS     SEER       sug> MAGIC
         MATH       LEARNING   sug> SCIENCE
         MNESIC     MEMORY     sug> AMNESIA
         REMINISCE  REMEMBER   sug> MOMENT
         MENOS      TO THINK   sug> CONSCIOUS
  lat    MENS       MENTAL     sug> SENTIMENTAL
  sp     MENTE      MIND       sug> MENTOR
         MANUAL     HAND       sug> MENIAL
  ukr  OSOBA        UNIQUE     sug> LONE
       OSOBYSTYJ    SPECIAL    sug> SPECIMEN
  sp   UNICO        UNIQUE     sug> SPECIFIC
       UNO          ONE        sug> HOMOGENEOUS
  lat    HOMO       HUMAN      sug> HOME
  sp     HOMBRE     MAN        sug> HOMAGE
         HOMBRO     SHOULDER   sug> HUMANE
  med>   HUMERUS    ARM BONE   sug> HUMERAL
  gr      OMOS      SHOULDER   sug> BURDEN
  note   MAN as     HANDYMAN   sug> MANUAL
  ukr    RUKOVODA   LEADER as  sug> MANIPULATOR
         RUKA       HAND and   sug> MANUFACTURE
             VEDE   TO LEAD    sug> VIABLE
  sp         VE     GO  or     sug> VIGOR
                    TO SEE     sug> VISION
             VETE   GO AWAY    sug> VETO
  ply> | MAN may denote
         " A WISE HAND "       sug> MANDATE
         as in GUIDING HAND |  sug> LEADER
  lit+ " EACH ANIMAL HAS
         SOME STRONGER ANIMAL  see> BEAST
  THAT PREYS UPON IT ...       sug> VICTIM
  ONLY MAN HAS
  NO NATURAL ENEMY ...
  JUST THEN ...
  A RUNAWAY SLAVE ...
  WAS BEING PURSUED "
  from "Man and His Natural Enemy "
  in "99 Fables" by
  William MARCH [#]
  University of Alabama Press 1960
  note  William Edward MARCH [#]
        LIVED HIS BOYHOOD
  IN MOBILE ALABAMA and
  BECAME AN AUTHOR OF CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS
  THE FABLES WERE FOUND AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1954
  THEY ARE A DELIGHLT AND INSPIRING TO READ
  AMONG THE MANY TALES
  THOSE FEATURING ANIMALS AND SLAVERY
  ARE QUITE UNFORGETTABLE
  cont> for more etymology see> MANUAL
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