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Examining ATI Wisdom Booklets: Booklet 3 – Medical Paralyzed Eyelids

Last updated on: August 29, 2016 at 5:30 pm by Suzanne Titkemeyer

The truth comes out: the “poor in spirit” bit is a red-herring. What Gothard et al. really wants to impress on people is how eyes can be used to seduce people.

I’m not a linguist, but the fact that ptosis shares a Greek root with “ptochos” meaning poor feels misleading. The word “ptosis” in Greek means “the act of falling” according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The eyelid affected by ptosis looks like it is arrested in the act of falling hence the name. Going back further than that implies more meaning than is present.
- You could make the same shaky argument by saying that comparing canon to cannon, lactose to galaxy, or state to stand.
No one else uses the terms “normal ptosis” and “seductive ptosis” since that would mean “a normally paralyzed eyelid” and “a seductively paralyzed eyelid”.

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