>>478, >>480
ここでせっかく"condescendingly"というとても興味深い表現が使われて
いるのに、これに単に「見下すように」などという訳語を当てはめて
分かったつもりになっていては、哲学的に考えることはできない。
"condescendingly"を「見下すように」というような意味合いで
用いるのは、もともとは派生的な流用であり、"to condescend"の
語源的な用法は、見下される側の反感を伝へることを意図するもの
ではない。
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=condescend
condescend (v.)
mid-14c., of God, a king., etc., "make gracious allowance" for human
frailty, etc.; late 14c., "yield deferentially," from Old French condescendere
(14c.) "to agree, consent, give in, yield, come down from one's rights or
claims," and directly from Late Latin condescendere "to let oneself down,
stoop," in Medieval Latin "be complaisant or compliant," from assimilated
form of Latin com "with, together" (see con-) + descendere "to descend,"
literally "climb down," from de "down" (see de-) + scandere "to climb,"
from PIE root *skand- "jump" (see scan (v.)).