Talk:John Locke's Latter Ofhandling

Arbitrary
The bydrafter of the ordspringly writing goes to some lengths to show that "arbitrary" in Locke's time did not have the same meaning we give it now. I chose the oversetting "willy-nilly" for the sake of its similar twofold meaning: it now means likewise to "arbitrary" that a choice is made with no underlying reason, but the word was brought forth from a cwide that has the same meaning as Locke's brooking of "arbitary", that is, some one man made a choice for the others whether by their leave or no. I don't want to brook "wan" in this befalling, but I would be open to finding another word if "willy-nilly" is too unseemly to work.

Againstand
I chose "againstand" to overset "oppose" in the cwide, "I oppose the authority of the judicious Hooker" as Locke is not gainstanding that right; he is setting that right up against those who gainsay that anyone was ever in the "state of nature". In this befalling, I want to make swotel that Locke gainstands the gainsayers with Hooker's right.

Maybe instead, the oversetting should be, "I set the right of the wise Hooker against those who gainsay that anyone was ever in the ordstead:"

Pandoradoggle (talk) 14:59, October 27, 2017 (UTC)