Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / November 13, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Nov. 2009
Road that is built with the objective that people use it to travel
The concept of path is certainly familiar to us since we use it on a daily basis because it refers precisely to something that also has a common use in our regular lives. It is designated with the term of Road to that road that is built with the objective that people use it to travel, either on foot, by car or through any other vehicle. .
For example, there are roads specially built for each type of transit, for example a bike path. The path will be designed with certain characteristics so that people can move and walk through it with this medium. from locomotion.
Supreme importance when it comes to communication and transfer
The roads are undoubtedly of paramount importance when it comes to the communication and the corresponding transfer, given that without them it would certainly be complex to move from one place to another, and of course, to do it simply.
Symbolic use on the moral plane
In as much and with this same reference, through the term one can
effectively refer to something physical and real, such as a route through which vehicles circulate or a path that people use to be able to go from one place to another, as we already indicated lines above but It can also refer to that spiritual path and abstract that cannot be felt, as for example when it is said that you want to find your own way in order to give meaning to life.Then, it follows from the latter that the term path has a connotationmoral, because its use is often linked to moral advice, for example, it is very common to hear someone say to another who must follow the path of rectitude and decency if he wants to somehow come to fruition without suffering any kind of setback.
As is also common to hear that someone continued on the road and ended up in jail for precisely the decision to commit crimes.
Thus the notion of the right path implies respecting the rules and acting respecting the moral values that prevail in society, while on the contrary, the bad path implies not observing any of it and dedicating oneself to the bad life.
Day, route, trip or route
On the other hand, when you want to account for a journey, journey, trip or route , the term road is often used... "we still have a long way to go until we reach our destination."
Direction to take to get to a place
Likewise, the term path is used regularly to refer to that direction to be taken to reach or get to this or that place. "To go to Mariana's house you must take the path to the left that takes you directly."
Means of achieving a goal
And also when you want to refer the means of doing or achieving a certain thing there is talk on the way, for example, "that job it is certainly a path to glory. "
As we appreciate from the references, the concept of path is widely used in our language to refer to real and physical things, which are the roads on which vehicles travel and that connect cities, towns, provinces, among others, but we also use it a lot with a sense symbolic and abstract to talk about the good or bad choices in life that will trigger our success or failure.
The good path, as it is popularly said, will lead us to success of course while following the bad path will inevitably lead us to an existence without direction and in which at the end of that path we will fail.
Path traveled by certain people or cultures
Meanwhile, the term road presents some other uses linked to more specific issues, as being in religion, the path traveled by certain people or cultures, such is the case of Santiago's road, you will be called at route traveled by pilgrims heading to Santiago de Compostela with the intention of paying homage to the relics of the Apostle Santiago Mayor.
Or the so-called Inca roads, which are trails that converge in the Peruvian city of Cuzco and that were used to unite this country with Argentina, Chile and Bolivia.
In popular expressions and in literature too
On the other hand, the word path is used in various popular expressions: goat path (tortuous and irregular path), open road (overcome difficulties to achieve a goal) and on the way (on the way to another place).
And also the term road results special for the Literature because it is a word that gives the title to a good number of written pieces , such as El Camino de Miguel Delibes or En el camino de Jack Kerouac.
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