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| - | "[[Wanting connections, we found connections -- always, everywhere, and between everything]]." Umberto Eco, ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]''. | ||
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| - | "That there is a close connexion between a state of [[consciousness]] and the [[brain]] we do not dispute. But there is also a close [[connection|connexion]] between a coat and the nail on which it hangs, for, if the nail is pulled out, the coat falls to the ground. Shall we say, then, that the shape of the nail gives us the shape of the coat, or in any way corresponds to it ?"--''[[Matter and Memory]]'' (1896) by [[Henri Bergson]] | + | "[[Wanting connections, we found connections -- always, everywhere, and between everything]]." Umberto Eco, ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]''. |
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A connection refers to the act of connecting or the point at which two or more things are connected. It can also refer to a feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
Etymology
From Old French connexion, from Latin connexio (“a conclusion, binding together”), from connectō, an alternative spelling of cōnectō (“I bind together”), from compound of co- (“together”) and nectō (“I bind”)
See also
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