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Sextus Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Entail
I'm not sure if I've used the verb 'to entail' correctly:
1) "For if Sextus believed that ataraxia is by nature good and that epoche necessarily entails it, he would certainly assert that ejpochv too is something good by nature, since it would be precisely the state of mind which brings about ataraxia.
2) "However, on the one hand, one cannot conclude from PH i 25 that the search for unperturbedness is inherent in Skepticism, given that the fact that all of a person’s actions are aimed at achieving a definite end does not entail that the choice of this end is inevitable, or that it cannot be abandoned and replaced by a different goal."
3) "It may be objected that the Pyrrhonist’s guiding his actions solely by his appearances, in the way that has just been suggested, would necessarily entail his adopting random courses of action."
4) "These facts do not entail the loss of his suspensive attitude and his living by appearances."
5) "I would first reply that the appeal of Skepticism seems to lie in the sort of radical changes that this philosophy may entail in a person’s life."
6) "The profound change entailed by the adoption of suspension of judgment would also manifest itself in ..."
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1) "For if Sextus believed that ataraxia is by nature good and that epoche necessarily entails it, he would certainly assert that ejpochv too is something good by nature, since it would be precisely the state of mind which brings about ataraxia.
2) "However, on the one hand, one cannot conclude from PH i 25 that the search for unperturbedness is inherent in Skepticism, given that the fact that all of a person’s actions are aimed at achieving a definite end does not entail that the choice of this end is inevitable, or that it cannot be abandoned and replaced by a different goal."
3) "It may be objected that the Pyrrhonist’s guiding his actions solely by his appearances, in the way that has just been suggested, would necessarily entail his adopting random courses of action."
4) "These facts do not entail the loss of his suspensive attitude and his living by appearances."
5) "I would first reply that the appeal of Skepticism seems to lie in the sort of radical changes that this philosophy may entail in a person’s life."
6) "The profound change entailed by the adoption of suspension of judgment would also manifest itself in ..."
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1-- I think it is used grammatically correctly here, but I find the style (with the pronoun) awkward, and suggest that you use the passive: is necessarily entailed by epoche . #2-- the the dependent clause seems quite awkward as the object: why not change to the inevitability of the choice ? The rest are fine in form and seem to be so in meaning, so far as they stand, though I cannot vouch for the greater context-- for instance, in #4: can your facts entail ( = involve, include) losses , etc?
- 1-- I think it is used grammatically correctly here, but I find the style (with the pronoun) awkward, and suggest that you use the passive: is necessarily entailed by epoche .
- #2-- the the dependent clause seems quite awkward as the object: why not change to the inevitability of the choice ?
- The rest are fine in form and seem to be so in meaning, so far as they stand, though I cannot vouch for the greater context-- for instance, in #4: can your facts entail ( = involve, include) losses , etc?
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1-- I think it is used grammatically correctly here, but I find the style (with the pronoun) awkward, and suggest that you use the passive: is necessarily entailed by epoche.
#2-- the the dependent clause seems quite awkward as the object: why not change to the inevitability of the choice?
The rest are fine in form and seem to be so in meaning, so far as the
#2-- the the dependent clause seems quite awkward as the object: why not change to the inevitability of the choice?
The rest are fine in form and seem to be so in meaning, so far as the
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1-- I think it is used grammatically correctly here, but I find the style (with the pronoun) awkward, and suggest that you use the passive: is necessarily entailed by epoche.
Would you then say: ""For if Sextus believed that ataraxia is by nature good and entailed [or is entailed?] by epoche, he would certainly assert that ..."
Would you then say: ""For if Sextus believed that ataraxia is by nature good and entailed [or is entailed?] by epoche, he would certainly assert that ..."
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1-- I'd say 'is entailed'.
2-- Oh, I see: it is 'facts' I do not like. 'Circumstances' would be better.
2-- Oh, I see: it is 'facts' I do not like. 'Circumstances' would be better.
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