The course is the continuity of time.
The Latin word decursus , which can be translated as “current” , came to our language as decurso . The term refers to temporal succession .
Continuity of time
The course, in this way, is the continuity of time . The passage of days, months and years implies a course, which is associated with the development of events, events, actions, etc.
It is important to understand that this word belongs to the set of nouns that cannot or are not usually used alone, but rather need another, the main one, to give them their meaning . This is not easy to intuit simply by taking a look at its definition, since it seems to have a complete meaning, but that continuity to which it refers must be framed in a context with the help of another term.
Some examples
Understanding the term course mainly as a synonym for "course" or "course", let's see below three example sentences that allow us to analyze its meaning by placing it in context: "In the course of the battle we lost several soldiers, but we never stopped fighting ”, “The course of the investigation surprised public opinion, which did not expect that the victim's father would be considered a suspect” , “I voted for this president with conviction, but the course of his government was disappointing me and now I think it would be “A change of course is appropriate.”
In the first example, we could replace the term course with course and its meaning would not be altered: from when the battle began until it ended, throughout its entire length. The second, on the other hand, shows us a slightly different meaning, with a more tangible nuance, if you will, because it refers to the path that the investigation took, to the course , which was not what the public expected.
In this case, the idea of the passage of time is implicit, since it cannot be avoided and is linked to the progress of any activity that we know, but the focus is on the results rather than the age of the research. Finally, in the sentence that criticizes the performance of a president we can also understand that course is used as a synonym for course , direction , progress , with an emphasis on the events that it brought about rather than on the temporal evolution.
Suppose we are talking about the passage of days . In this case, reference is being made to the passing of the days . A physical pain that increases as the days go by, to mention one possibility, becomes more acute as the dates go by.
Historical course
The historical course , on the other hand, is built over the years. Its appreciation usually requires a certain temporal distance to be able to analyze the facts with perspective.
History is another concept that cannot be studied with the naked eye, since its magnitude and repercussions require the aforementioned distance. Although we build it every second, with every decision, the development of a society, for example, is studied from the end, dividing progress into several parts and with different scales: for centuries, for decades, etc.
Taking these concepts and principles into account, we can understand that the expression of historical course can have different nuances depending on the context and the need for each specific study: if we are analyzing the evolution of a society over a millennium, the course probably indicates the passage from one century to another; On the other hand, if it were about a person's life it could refer to the passage of decades.
By course we can also understand the "course" of a series of events.
Life course
The vital course , meanwhile, is linked to the life trajectory. This means that in the life course of a person there are multiple events, which are set in motion from the moment of birth.
The idea of a vital course is used by the Spanish philosopher Xavier Zubiri (1898-1983). A chapter of his book “On Man” , published in 1986, bears this title.