Nikki Scott-Despaigne Oct 31, 2011:

@ Melissa, @ Asker Agree with you, Melissa. The Google referencing set up could make one believe that pigs can fly.

Stephanie, it is usually a good idea to follow through some of the links and references which appear odd and try to cross-reference them with something substantial. I reckon that the references to Spinoza got you worried, but looking through a couple of the pages Google proposed, you'd probably have seen that it was incidental. ;-)

claude-andrew Oct 31, 2011:

Maybe an expression like "It stands to reason" would be appropriate?

Melissa McMahon Oct 31, 2011:

Spinoza connection... ... is a red herring - Google just picks up a secondary text on Spinoza which uses the phrase and that's that. This is just a French idiom.

Nikki Scott-Despaigne Oct 31, 2011:

Meaning The phrase means something along the lines of "It's well worth a quick reminder". The idea being that as it takes such a short time to remind the people you are addressing of something they are meant to know already. A trick used to set the theme of what follows or for emphasis.

As for references to Spinoza, it is probably a trick of the Google referencing system, or whatever it is called. Perhaps in relation to the publication on 23/03/2011, a book entitled 'Spinoza et eux' : http://www.nonfiction.fr/article-4418-spinoza_et_eux.htm

The phrase is heard in quite ordinary circumstances, meetings, discussions, lectures etc. Whether there is something spinozian in its origin, I am not that well-read in philosophy to comment further!

This looks very much liek your original
http://www.directexperts.com/iso_album/white_paper_du_e-crm_...

Marco Solinas Oct 31, 2011:

Make it stand out? Does it mean something like: "If there is nothing that maokes it stand out..."? or someting along those lines?