subjective

səbˈdʒɛktɪv · adjecive

Subject - What is the most fundemantal thin that lying under the world?

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The meaning of this word was totally changed in 1000 years.

01 Birth

Origin Journey

subget (rance)1. Greek hypokeimenon --Latinsubicere / Latin subjectum (Latin substantia) topic, noun 16c --subget (rance)English subjective (substance) 17c / academic way 2. Latin subjectus --subget (rance)Fracne subget 14c --EnglishMiddele english subjet / normal way
Source language
subget (rance)
Word parts
sub (under) + get(lying)
Original meaning
ruled class. who is under the ruler.
First known English use
14 century
Original English meaning
ruled people

This breakdown explains the word’s historical imagery; it is not a literal modern definition.

it was too hard... two different meanings come from two different roots.

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02 Change & Context

How subjective changed over time

One card per era — the meaning it carried, and the world it carried it in.

BC 4

1. substance - objective elements that is based on the world. 2. subject (in sentence) - basic thing in the sentence, but defined by verb

Before socrates, taske of every philosopher was to find some thing fundemantal, unchangeable elements under the world. (arche). Lately, Aristotle made a word hypokeimenon to define the thing they tried to find. Also, in his logic, it was also used as a subject in a sentence which is a basic thing in the sentence, but subordintat by verb.

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14c

subget - ruled class, normal people,

Middle Ages were a strict class society. People need to make a word to explain those who served for king, subordinated by him. So they use the ward subjet from France, regardless of aristotle. It means ruled class under the king.

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16c

subject in the sentence, topic

When the renesance was come, scholars started to read Greek classics and translated it to latin word. The Latin word subjectum still means the fundamental elements under the world. And the meaning of the subject in the sentence survived. Also, it was used as a meaning of topic, which is a fundamental thing lying under the art or literature. And still, it was used to call ruled people.

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18c

subjective - personal (not objective) / subject - me, who recognize and construct the world.

As I mentioned, before 18c, subjectum means the core elements, objective, unchangeable thing under the world. But Descartes and Kant change this. According to that, the most important thing under the world was 'I', not a thing. 'I' am the one who can recognize and construct the world and make some meanings. So Kant use the word Subject as I. And later when it became subjective, it become a word that we know. It means personal feelings or thought, not an object thing.

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subjectiveantonymobjective

Antonym

  • objective — 근대에 의미가 바뀐 두 단어임

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04 Voices

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GroupKey words from these responses
student
Across all the answers
Key words
과목 (1), 주체 (1)
Differences between groups
normal people - 과목 who is interested in the humanities - 주체
My interpretation
maybe there are common meaning between the two

05 ReflectionNext, put the first definition beside the one that survived.Continue to 05 Reflection →

05 Reflection

My Definition of SUBJECTIVE

Before Research

Opinion based on an individual's personal perspective or feelings, so it can't be objective.

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After Research

I think I don't have to change my definition.

The evidence that changed my thinking

relavance between the greek word hypokeimenon and latin word subjectum and english subjectve

How the thinking moved
I used to think…
I used to think that subjective is not good. Because it's not an objective fact that everyone can agree.
I discovered…
But I realized that the word " subject " was once used as a meaning of object. And it contains Decartes and kant's philosophy. They claim that 'I' regonize and construce the world, not the object world give us meaning. So 'I' and my perspective is basically under the everything.

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