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Ramin Fard Posted 12 years ago
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accurate meaning of the sentence
Hello, please help me with the accurate meaning of the following sentence :
" As Eagleton puts it, men and women fo from toying with their faeces to tinkering with trombones"
I am not much sure about the meaning of "tinkering with tombones" . Does this mean to play about with trombones?
" As Eagleton puts it, men and women fo from toying with their faeces to tinkering with trombones"
I am not much sure about the meaning of "tinkering with tombones" . Does this mean to play about with trombones?
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please help me with the accurate meaning of the following sentence : " As Eagleton puts it, men and women go from toying with their faeces to tinkering with trombones" I am not much sure about the meaning of "tinkering with trombones" . Does this mean to play about with trombones? Yes.
- please help me with the accurate meaning of the following sentence : " As Eagleton puts it, men and women go from toying with their faeces to tinkering with trombones" I am not much sure about the meaning of "tinkering with trombones" .
- Does this mean to play about with trombones?
- Yes.
- I see it as a humorous way of referring to adult artistic activities.
- Humans have innate creative impulses.
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please help me with the accurate meaning of the following sentence :
" As Eagleton puts it, men and women go from toying with their faeces to tinkering with trombones"
I am not much sure about the meaning of "tinkering with trombones" . Does this mean to play about with trombones?
Yes.
" As Eagleton puts it, men and women go from toying with their faeces to tinkering with trombones"
I am not much sure about the meaning of "tinkering with trombones" . Does this mean to play about with trombones?
Yes.
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I don't pretend to understand this, but why specifically trombones, I wonder? I read it as innuendo.
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Hmmmm . . . . do you mean that the word 'trombone' is suggestive in some way?
Let me think again about the big song from 'The Music Man'.
Let me think again about the big song from 'The Music Man'.
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I am not sure about the refering. this is in fact a text relating to psychology and art. Issues about sublimation, pregenital drives, human ego development and aesthetic. The text is from the book " Art History: the basics" by Grant Pook& Diana Newel. The full paragraph is as follow:
Following Freud, sublimation is understood as a key aspect of the aesthetic process in which pregenital drives
Following Freud, sublimation is understood as a key aspect of the aesthetic process in which pregenital drives
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CliveHmmmm . . . . do you mean that the word 'trombone' is suggestive in some way?I'm afraid that's how I read it.
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