Wørd of the week - micrology
by Robert on Dec.03, 2006, under Wörd of the week
micrology
[fr. Gk mikrolog�a : minute discussion, frivolity]
/mahy KROL uh jee/
1) attention to petty details or distinctions;
nitpicking
"Micrology registers the occurence of thought as the unthought that remains to be thought in the decline of grand philosophical thought." - David Rodowick, Reading the Figural, or Philosophy After the New Media
not to be confused with a science dealing with the handling and preparation of microscopic objects for study
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