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deus | 13:12 Fri 06th Aug 2004 | History
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wot does it mean, i know it's Latin. deus is ghost and machina is machine, but they didn't have machines?
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Latin 'machina' - "Any artificial contrivance for performing work.
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thank you for your pinus... oops! answer pinus
Sure they had machines. Roman civilisation wasn't that backward, you know. Besides, they nicked a lot of technology from the Greeks.
"ghost in the machine" is a different phrase - typically used in sci-fi and technology to convey a sense that a complex machine (usually a computer or similar is more than the sum of its parts - sometimes used as a more esoteric version of saying gremlins.
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look up deus in here, im gnu http://www.thecage-uk.com/
I read that it means "Machine of the Gods" And is actually a literary device used by novelists for clearing up complex plots easily. Apparently it comes from Ancient Greek theatre when to a "God" would be winched down and decree how a complicated section of the play would be resolved. A cheat for a playwrite basically!
Rene Descartes - Philosopy. The ghost is the spirit & the shell is the body. Similar to the original question of ghost in the machine. see link below: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Shrine/8509/posthum1.html

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