Sophia’s Visions, Part 18. The Milvian Bridge, the Edict of Milan, Arius of Alexandria and the Council of Nicaea, and how Philo’s Logos became a word to fight over. A C1 English lesson on word formation with prefixes and suffixes, with a gamebook.
Alexandria · the 754th year since the founding of Rome · 1 CE
Sophia’s Visions, Part 18 · Word formation: prefixes and suffixes · C1
Think first. Can a single word, or even a single letter, be worth fighting over? Why might it be?
While you read, look at how words are built: un-just, re-build, homo-, -ism, -ist. Small pieces can change the meaning completely.
Philo: “I gave a lecture on the Logos that day. I was rather pleased with it. Sophia was not. Read why.”
The lecture hall of the Museum was full. Philo stood at the front and explained the idea that he loved most of all.
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