Beyond one’s compass
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“The book is readable and engaging, but the erotically blighting imperative to confess our sex lives to priests — and latterly to shrinks — arose in times beyond its compass.”
What does ‘beyond one’s compass’ mean exactly?
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com/dictionary/compass ) Ann225 What does ‘beyond one’s compass’ mean exactly? It's not "one's" but "its". It means "outside the scope", which is the usual term—so usual, in fact, that the writer must have altered it deliberately.
- com/dictionary/compass ) Ann225 What does ‘beyond one’s compass’ mean exactly?
- It's not "one's" but "its".
- It means "outside the scope", which is the usual term—so usual, in fact, that the writer must have altered it deliberately.
- The writer is being delicate, trying not to openly condemn Foucault for his criminal sexual exploitation of children.
- At least I hope that's what it is.
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"range, scope // the compass of my voice" ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compass )
Ann225What does ‘beyond one’s compass’ mean exactly?
It's not "one's" but "its". It means "outside the scope", which is the usual term—so usual, in fact,
0Ann225What does ‘beyondone’sits compass’ mean exactly?
As I read it, it means "which are not within the scope of the book", "which are not part of the contents of book being reviewed", "which are not discussed in this book".
CJ
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