Is the なる in 健全なる精神は健全なる身体に宿る just the normal 成る? I don't think I understand
how 健全なる精神 means "a healthy spirit"- I would think to say 健全の精神, I think. Can
someone explain how saying 「健全なる精神...」 came to be?
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「健全なる精神は健全なる身体に宿る」のなる
As others have noted in the comments, the なる used in old-fashioned text after
_-na_ adjectives is derived as a contraction from older form _ni aru_ , and
actually doesn't have anything to do with 成{な}る "to become". This なる can be
used after any _-na_ adjective to impart a somewhat more formal or poetic
feel: 健全{けんぜん}なる身体{しんたい}, 静{しず}かなる田舎{いなか}, 綺麗{きれい}なる着物{きもの}.
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