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Seny (, ; from Latin ''sensus'') is a form of ancestral Catalan wisdom or sensibleness. It involves well-pondered perception of situations, level-headedness, awareness, integrity, and right action. More specifically, a ''National Geographic'' anthropologist defined ''seny'' as "a kind of refined good sense and self-realization." The opposite of ''seny'' is known as ''rauxa'' () "sudden determination or action".〔()''Institut d'Estudis Catalans''〕 ==Cultural significance== Many Catalans consider ''seny'' something unique to their culture, a true Catalan symbol. ''Seny'' as a particular characteristic of Catalan society is based on a set of ancestral local customs stemming from the scale of values and social norms of traditional Catalan rural society. The values of ''seny'' were transmitted from generation to generation without much change by the exemplary behaviour of the elder members of the family, as well as in the shape of aphorisms and moral stories. The latter were largely based on Christian values and their examples and illustrations often included animals and plants that were common in rural Catalonia. This oral lore caught the attention of Josep Torras i Bages, bishop of Vic at the beginning of the 20th century.〔Josep Torras i Bages, ''La tradició catalana'', 1892〕 He became very interested in the pattern in which the ''seny'' was transmitted from one generation to the other as an oral tradition. Thus he encouraged Josep Abril i Virgili (1869–1918), a writer, to gather the moral stories and illustrate them in a book that was published as ''Bon seny'' ("Good sense"). This more or less representative compilation of moral lessons regarding ''seny'' was illustrated by artist Joan Junceda (1881–1948).〔(Joan Junceda: l'Enciclopèdia – enciclopedia.cat )〕 Published in the Catalan language before the Spanish Civil War ''Bon seny'' became rare during General Franco's era, when so much Catalan printed material had been burned and printing in Catalan was severely restricted.〔Bon seny, aforismes, faules i acudits; Balmes DL, Barcelona, Reprinted 1984〕 Many of the ''seny'' proverbs that defined traditional Catalan values have lost most of their sense today. The reason is the erosion of Christian values as fundamental in present-day postchristian Catalan society, which sees itself today as a society based largely on secular principles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seny」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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