Esprit gauche
Wagner’s rigid methodology—memorize and repeat—made little headway against a pupil whom Babet had already described as an esprit gauche and who asked embarrassing questions: Why were great men of antiquity such as Marcus Aurelius eternally damned because they had not known of Christ’s salvation and therefore could not have been redeemed?
Could anyone explain what esprit gauche means? I guess it is French. Does most native speakers understand the phrase?
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iclearwater Does Do most native speakers understand the phrase? No. Absolutely not.
- iclearwater Does Do most native speakers understand the phrase?
- No.
- Absolutely not.
- iclearwater I guess it is French.
- Yes, it is.
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iclearwaterDoesDo most native speakers understand the phrase?
No. Absolutely not.
iclearwaterI guess it is French.
Yes, it is.
iclearwateran esprit gauche
a foolish mind; a graceless mind
I imagine it amounts to
0Read the source of the quote and all will be clear. Robert Massie's Catherine the Great - Portrait of a woman pt 1 ch 1
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