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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Crane Brinton
Crane Brinton wrote:
"The anti-intellectualism (...) does not ragard the instrument of thought as bad, but among most men most of the time as weak."
Please help me to understand the blue clause.
Thank you so much
Cadzao
"The anti-intellectualism (...) does not ragard the instrument of thought as bad, but among most men most of the time as weak."
Please help me to understand the blue clause.
Thank you so much
Cadzao
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Hi Cadzao,
I hope you are well.
"The anti-intellectualism (...) does not ragard the instrument of thought as bad, but among most men most of the time as weak."
Please help me to understand the blue clause.
This is what is being said.
I hope you are well.
"The anti-intellectualism (...) does not ragard the instrument of thought as bad, but among most men most of the time as weak."
Please help me to understand the blue clause.
This is what is being said.
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Hi Clive,
So good to see you again.
Thanks for your help.
Best wishes,
Cadzao
So good to see you again.
Thanks for your help.
Best wishes,
Cadzao
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Hi Cadzao and Clive,
Could you please tell me what is 'the instrument of thought'? I looked up the word 'insturment' in my dictionary and it says it could mean a way of achieving or causing something. I wonder what was being referred to by 'the instrument of thought' in that context.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
PBF
Could you please tell me what is 'the instrument of thought'? I looked up the word 'insturment' in my dictionary and it says it could mean a way of achieving or causing something. I wonder what was being referred to by 'the instrument of thought' in that context.
Thank you.
Best wishes,
PBF
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Hi Peaceblinkfriend,
This sentence is quoted from Ideas and Men by Crane Brinton, some pages of which (503-526) are about anti-intellectualism. As far as I understand, the author uses the term "instrument of thought" to refer to"intellect"-- an "instrument" to think. He wrote as follows:
"(...) any attempt to indicate by a name that this tendency positively values, say, e
This sentence is quoted from Ideas and Men by Crane Brinton, some pages of which (503-526) are about anti-intellectualism. As far as I understand, the author uses the term "instrument of thought" to refer to"intellect"-- an "instrument" to think. He wrote as follows:
"(...) any attempt to indicate by a name that this tendency positively values, say, e
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