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Omidazxcx Posted 5 years ago
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Eric Erikson wrote that

Mahatma Ghandi staked out his sphere of generativity and committed
himself systematically not only to the

the meaning of above?

the mills of history grind fast and fine

meaning of above?

  

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Omidazxcx the meaning of above? It means that the writer neither knows what he wants to say nor cares whether we ever find out. You can't stake out a sphere, for one thing.

  • Omidazxcx the meaning of above?
  • It means that the writer neither knows what he wants to say nor cares whether we ever find out.
  • You can't stake out a sphere, for one thing.
  • For another, unless he has defined in the previous sentence what a person's "generativity" is in the context of whatever it is that the essay is about, he should have used a word that would communicate meaning to other people.
  • Feel free to guess, as I would have to.
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Omidazxcxthe meaning of above?

It means that the writer neither knows what he wants to say nor cares whether we ever find out. You can't stake out a sphere, for one thing. For another, unless he has defined in the previous sentence what a person's "generativity" is in the context of whatever it is that the essay is about, he should have used a word that wou

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Omidazxcxgenerativity

Mr Erikson invented this word. Read about it here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generativity

Omidazxcxthe mills of history grind fast and fine

~ World events happen in great numbers and in quick suc

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Erikson invented the term generativity in 1950. It has not gained any traction in common usage, and remains limited to the specialized academic field of psychology.

Generativity is a concept that was introduced by Erikson over 60 years ago. He defined it as “an interest in establishing and guiding the next generation”

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