Conspire: c.1300, from O.Fr. conspirer, from L. conspirare "to agree, unite, plot," lit. "to breathe together," from com- "together" + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Conspiracy is from 1386; conspiracy theory is from 1909.
January 04, 2004
What are the necessary preconditions of perfection? If things are all good, does it follow that all things are good. Would it therefore follow that things are perfect? Or does a state of perfection imply that all things are better than good? Must all things be at their best in order to achieve a state of perfection? If this is so, then would it not follow that perfection would be impossible, as all things cannot simultaneously be at their best?