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in an officious manner; "nothing so fatal as to strive too officiously for an abstract quality like beauty"

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A busybody caricatured by Isaac Taylor in the 19th century to illustrate the character sketch by Theophrastus.

"meddler" redirects here. For other uses, see meddler (disambiguation).

A busybody, do-gooder, meddler or marplot is someone who meddles in the affairs of others.

An early study of the type was made by the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus in his typology, Characters, "In the proffered services of the busybody there is much of the affectation of kind-heartedness, and little efficient aid."^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Susanna Centlivre wrote a successful play, The Busie Body, which was first performed in 1709 and has been revived repeatedly since. It is a farce in which Marplot interferes in the romantic affairs of his friends and, despite being well-meaning, frustrates them. The characterisation of Marplot as a busybody whose "chief pleasure is knowing everybody's business" was so popular that they appeared as the title character in a sequel, Marplot. The name is a pun — mar / plot — and passed into the language as an eponym or personification of this type.^[5]^[6]

In English law, the doctrine of locus standi requires that a plaintiff have some connection with the matter being contested. In two cases in 1957 and 1996, Lord Denning ruled that "The court will not listen to a busybody who is interfering in things which do not concern him..."^[7]^[8] Similarly, there is a long-standing rule that a person must have an insurable interest in a property or person that they wish to insure.^[9]

References[edit]

^ Theophrastus translated by Isaac Taylor (1831), The Characters of Theophrastus
^ Jeannine K. Brown (2006), "Just a Busybody? A Look at the Greco-Roman Topos of Meddling for Defining Hebrew in 1 Peter 4:15", Journal of Biblical Literature 125 (3): 549–568
^ Jeannine K. Brown (2007), Scripture as Communication, p. 202, ISBN 9781585583133
^ Leo Groarke (2000), Ancient Thoughts on Peacekeepers and Other Busybodies, pp. 127–140, ISBN 9789042015524
^ John O'Brien (2001), "Busy Bodies: The plots of Susanna Centlivre", Eighteenth-Century Genre and Culture, University of Delaware Press, pp. 165–189
^ Alan Hager (2009), Encyclopedia of British Writers, p. 51, ISBN 9781438108698
^ Basant Lal Wadehra (2009), Public Interest Litigation, p. 146, ISBN 9788175347984
^ Baron Alfred Thompson Denning (1979), The Discipline of Law, p. 117, ISBN 9780406176042
^ Jacob Loshin (2007), "Insurance Law's Hapless Busybody", The Yale Law Journal 117 (3): 474–509

English Journal

Front desk talk: discourse analysis of receptionist-patient interaction.

Hewitt H1, McCloughan L, McKinstry B.
The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners.Br J Gen Pract.2009 Aug;59(565):e260-6. doi: 10.3399/bjgp09X453774. Epub 2009 Jun 15.
BACKGROUND: GP receptionists are the first point of contact with the NHS for most patients and have an important role in facilitating access to healthcare services. There is evidence that they are often perceived as impersonal, insensitive, or officious.AIM: To analyse the communicative styles of GP
PMID 22751251

[Prevalence of HIV in Mayotte].

Receveur MC1, Coulaud X, Ali R, Gasnier O, Benoit-Cattin T, Pettinelli ME.
Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique (1990).Bull Soc Pathol Exot.2003 Aug;96(3):238-40.
Mayotte is a little French island, located in the Indian ocean, between Madagascar and Mozambic. Officially, the population goes up to 150,000 inhabitants, but in fact, it probably comes up to about 200,000 people, because of a very numerous illegal immigration, especially coming from Anjouan, the n
PMID 14582302

The research imperative and bureaucratic control: the case of clinical research.

Hall D.
Social science & medicine (1982).Soc Sci Med.1991;32(3):333-42.
This paper examines the development of Research Ethics Committees and explores some of the conflicts of value and role which surround the practice of medical research. The case of medical research on children is discussed as one which raises in an acute form concerns about consent and risk/benefit a
PMID 2024144

Japanese Journal

ポテンシャル効用モデルの一般化 : 「おせっかい」「だまし」問題への適用

松村良平
現代社会研究 (10), 35-42, 2012
NAID 40019617300

日本の社会政策の目的合理性と人間観 : 政策思想史の視点から(<特集>現代日本の社会政策の評価と将来選択-社会政策学会第121回大会共通論題)

小野塚知二
社会政策 3(1), 28-40, 2011-06-01
政策の背後にいかなる思想が作用し,また,政策にいかなる価値観が表現されているのかはときに不明瞭にされるが,思想の作用がなければ問題は発見できないし,解決の方向性も政策目標も決定できない。この2世紀の間の社会政策は,概括するなら古典的自由主義の社会設計から介入的自由主義のそれへの転換と描くことができるが,この転換を必然化したのは「強くたくましい」人間観から「弱く劣った」人間観への変化であった。この介 …
NAID 110009478115

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[1] Theophrastus translated by Isaac Taylor (1831), The Characters of Theophrastus

[2] Jeannine K. Brown (2006), "Just a Busybody? A Look at the Greco-Roman Topos of Meddling for Defining Hebrew in 1 Peter 4:15", Journal of Biblical Literature 125 (3): 549–568

[3] Jeannine K. Brown (2007), Scripture as Communication, p. 202, ISBN 9781585583133

[4] Leo Groarke (2000), Ancient Thoughts on Peacekeepers and Other Busybodies, pp. 127–140, ISBN 9789042015524

[5] John O'Brien (2001), "Busy Bodies: The plots of Susanna Centlivre", Eighteenth-Century Genre and Culture, University of Delaware Press, pp. 165–189

[6] Alan Hager (2009), Encyclopedia of British Writers, p. 51, ISBN 9781438108698

[7] Basant Lal Wadehra (2009), Public Interest Litigation, p. 146, ISBN 9788175347984

[8] Baron Alfred Thompson Denning (1979), The Discipline of Law, p. 117, ISBN 9780406176042

[9] Jacob Loshin (2007), "Insurance Law's Hapless Busybody", The Yale Law Journal 117 (3): 474–509

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