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The humor was probably unintentional by the author. Rather, he did not see the benefit of defining the most common animals of the time and place for his intended audience. Furthermore, the entry for "Horse" does contain more detailed exposition beyond the initial "definition".
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have changed for the positive. The quotations above are fragments taken from a broader context. For example, Chmielowski wrote more than 15 pages about the horses in his monumental, 3000-page encyclopedia (four volumes).
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Polish: Nowe Ateny albo Akademia wszelkiej sciencyi pełna, na różne tytuły jak na classes podzielona, mądrym dla memoryału, idiotom dla nauki, politykom dla praktyki, melancholikom dla rozrywki erigowana...
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In modern Polish, the above definition of the horse is sometimes used as a colorful equivalent of the statement "the concept is more obvious than it appears to be from its more technical definition".
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The first edition of the encyclopedia contains 938 pages, organized by subject rather than alphabetically. Chmielowski compiled data from a few hundred references, dating from
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is the source of a few memorable and amusing "definitions", often quoted in Poland to this day:
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New Athens by Reverend Benedykt Chmielowski – its Black Legend and a Possible Line of Defence
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Czarna legenda "Nowych Aten" Benedykta Chmielowskiego i próby jej przezwyciężenia
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Ksiądz Benedykt Chmielowski – życie i dzieło Diogenesa firlejowskiego
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in Poland among the educated classes as in most of 18th century
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