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Of Thumbs
2015
Overview
Isaac Newton thought the thumb alone proved the existence of God. Pliny attests that the right thumb of a virgin can cause a fallen epileptic to recover.
The classicist Anthony Corbeill relates “the most awful authority of thepollex,” for this is how the ancient Romans called the thumb, with their word for strength, thus distinguishing the thumb from the rest of the hand for its power: “In Roman practice the thumb lived up to its etymological reputation. It could both bestow and withhold favor, grant and deprive life.” In antiquity, “the gesture ofinfesto pollice, in particular, which seems
