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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Cultivation

Hi.
What does 'cultivation' mean in:
"...writers on education have concurred in recommending the cultivation of this pleasing exercise of mind."?
  

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Cultivation as used here is similar to development. If you cultivate something you help that something grow or develop.

— Ivanhr

  • Cultivation as used here is similar to development.
  • If you cultivate something you help that something grow or develop.
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Cultivation as used here is similar to development. If you cultivate something you help that something grow or develop.
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'writers on education' means 'Educational theorists'?
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soheil1'writers on education' means 'Educational theorists'?
More specifically, people who write on the topic "Education" (whether they theorize or not).

CJ
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Ivanhr: Cultivation as used here is similar to development. If you cultivate something you help that something grow or develop.

means immproving the game or, increasing the popularity of it?
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Provided that "this pleasing exercise of mind" is a game, "increasing the popularity of it" seems ok because you want as many children as possible to play this game because it's apparently conducive to their education.
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the game here is chess.
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