Whereas a posteriori knowledge is knowledge based solely on experience or personal observation, a priori knowledge is knowledge that comes from the power of reasoning based on self-evident truths. Led by the wealthy and powerful Medici family, they established a network of banks with branches that served not only Florence but also other Italian cities as well as major cities throughout Europe. A priori knowledge, in Western philosophy since the time of Immanuel Kant, knowledge that is acquired independently of any particular experience, as opposed to a posteriori knowledge, which is derived from experience.
Ethical conundrums. This sporting life. Stage and screen. Birds and the bees. Nick Davies, Amsterdam, Netherlands Places of great size and importance are generally known worldwide, and are therefore given specific names.
For example, London in French is Londres, whereas Birmingham is Birmingham Sandy, Paussac, France It is of course mainly the best known and most important towns whose names get translated - though present day fame and importance matter less than that of the past. I suspect that places visited by English tourists doing the 'Grand Tour' of Europe are particularly likely to have been anglicised. Difficulty of pronunciation is presumably another factor most famously the transformation of 'Ypres' into 'Wipers' by British soldiers in WW1.
So remember, Firenze is not a tower that you can climb or a sight you can see. And you might just notice that we like to use it when talking about our city even when we are talking in English. Tags: Firenze and Florence , name of Florence , new Florence logo. This website uses cookies: they are very different to the biscotti that we make by hand and serve with a local fortified wine. Don't worry SZ It happens in Italy too.
I have a very good friend who despite being extremely well travelled arrived by train in Florence many years ago. He was the only one left sitting on the train as he hadn't realized that Firenze was Florence. And if you want to know why- surely the roots are in the historic English presumption of arrogant superiority; 'can't pronounce it? Then change it!
So there you are; blame it on centuries of crusading, conquest, colonialism, empire and the 'Grand Tour'. SZ -- alexmac is almost correct -- the changes do go back to the Brits on the Grand Tour - but the attitude was the "This country would be a great place if it weren't so full of foreigners" one coupled with the fact that the sun never set on the British Empire of the time - The Royal Navy ruled the seas - and when you're the most powerful nation in the world you THINK that you can set the rules Skip to main content.
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