Most processes begin with a revision of sorts, with a re-examination and correction of what has been previously accomplished or received. To proceed means to ‘move’ (cedere) ‘forth’ (pro-), to advance or progress, to come forward and appear. As the term’s prefix underscores, a process sets its sights on what comes ahead; it alters the view of what happened before (pre-)…
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John Hamilton is the William R. Kenan Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. His publications include Soliciting Darkness: Pindar, Obscurity, and the Classical Tradition (2003); Music, Madness, and the Unworking of Language (2008); Security: Politics, Humanity, and the Philology of Care (2013); and Philology of the Flesh (2018).
