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Perfect Stranger Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

[expression] means and end?

Dear All,

Could you please tell me what the author (Thomas Jefferson) of these words might have meant?

It is known that the very power now proposed as a means, was rejected as an end.

Thanks
  

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The phrase is a means to an end , which basically means "the things or resources needed to accomplish a goal". Very roughly paraphrased, the sentence means or suggests that our goal should not be to become powerful but rather, becoming powerful can help us realize our goal(s) (such as preserving peace etc)

— Ivanhr

  • The phrase is a means to an end , which basically means "the things or resources needed to accomplish a goal".
  • Very roughly paraphrased, the sentence means or suggests that our goal should not be to become powerful but rather, becoming powerful can help us realize our goal(s) (such as preserving peace etc)
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The phrase is a means to an end, which basically means "the things or resources needed to accomplish a goal".

Very roughly paraphrased, the sentence means or suggests that our goal should not be to become powerful but rather, becoming powerful can help us realize our goal(s) (such as preserving peace etc)
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I'm having a very hard time understanding that sentence... Emotion: sad
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Perfect StrangerCould you please tell me what the author (Thomas Jefferson) of these words might have meant?
How can we do that? "the power now proposed" is not defined anywhere in the sentence. What came before that? It might give us a clue regarding what Jefferson was writing about when he wrote about the proposal that was being made or what this "power"
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CalifJimHow can we do that? "the power now proposed" is not defined anywhere in the sentence. What came before that? It might give us a clue regarding what Jefferson was writing about when he wrote about the proposal that was being made or what this "power" was.CJ
I don't have anything else but this fragment either... and all I can say is that what he most lik
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Perfect StrangerI don't have anything else but this fragment either...
Emotion: sad
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