Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/06

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Subject: Re: Weltanschauung
From: Afterswift@aol.com
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 12:34:49 -0400 (EDT)
 
To me Weltanschauung means simply an overarching personal revelation that
hits me suddenly and explains all that went before it -- until the next
Weltanschauung happens. --Bob 

A la Merriam Webster:

[German, from Welt world + Anschauung view]

First appeared 1868

 : a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world esp. from a
specific standpoint