Prehumously

Prior to the coming event, the father of the as-yet-unborn Tristram is indulging in some serious speculations with the Doctor relevant to the site of the human soul. Tristram relates prehumously, one might say, the prevailing thoughts of his father:[…]

(Whenever my demise, I can assure you what I say today will not ever be published posthumously or even “prehumously” … )

Micky does not see the point of Harold’s choice to race the tide. Harold’s last words are ‘Well, you will some day.’ There is a point, then; Harold sees it immediately and prehumously, while Micky will see it posthumously. The literal meaning of ‘see’ lends spatial context to the ‘point,’ the temporal context of which is established by Harold’s last words. The mathematically literal meaning of ‘point’ is ‘position without extension.’

Announce death-defying journals & book—a style which can be published anytime. Maybe I should do a posthumous book out of journals prehumously.

Even more evocative of the De Vulgari as a whole than Dante’s deceit is the extraordinary chronology of these sinners’ punishment: just as the De Vulgari is Dante’s prehumous Hell, so do these suffer Hell prehumously, their souls consigned there while their bodies yet live.

We were pleased to note that a couple of our own were honored prehumously a few months ago for their contributions to dentistry.