What does the expression "nez dans le sein" mean? "The heart of"?
Here's some context (an old French translation of Erasmus's In Praise of Folly):
…ces termes monstrueux qui sont nez dans le sein de la subtilité Scolastique…
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Sign up to join this communityWhat does the expression "nez dans le sein" mean? "The heart of"?
Here's some context (an old French translation of Erasmus's In Praise of Folly):
…ces termes monstrueux qui sont nez dans le sein de la subtilité Scolastique…
That's a typo in the first edition (1728) of Erasmus French translation by Gueudeville:
The 1777 edition corrects nez to nés (and removes subtilité):
…ces termes monstrueux qui sont nés dans le sein de la scolastique…