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Vocabulary
Forsaken gains
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I have troubles with the phase: forsaken gains, from the following sentence:
Harris also considers some of the inherent paradoxes and puzzles in human morality; e.g. “people consider “[actual] losses to be far more significant than forsaken gains” and the fact that people cannot harness the will power do short-term good (like giving up smoking or exercising regularly) that will lead to long-term happiness.
I have also stumbled accross this phrase in another contexts. If anyone could help I would deeply appreciate it.
Thanks.
I have troubles with the phase: forsaken gains, from the following sentence:
Harris also considers some of the inherent paradoxes and puzzles in human morality; e.g. “people consider “[actual] losses to be far more significant than forsaken gains” and the fact that people cannot harness the will power do short-term good (like giving up smoking or exercising regularly) that will lead to long-term happiness.
I have also stumbled accross this phrase in another contexts. If anyone could help I would deeply appreciate it.
Thanks.
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g. ) do short-term good (like giving up smoking or exercising regularly) that will lead to long-term happiness. I have also stumbled accross this phrase in another contexts.
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- ) do short-term good (like giving up smoking or exercising regularly) that will lead to long-term happiness.
- I have also stumbled accross this phrase in another contexts.
- If anyone could help I would deeply appreciate it.
- forsake - give up gain - the opposite of loss forsaken gains - gains that I have given up, renounced, refused to accept Clive
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Hi,
have troubles with the phase: forsaken gains, from the following sentence:
Harris also considers some of the inherent paradoxes and puzzles in human morality; e.g. “people consider “[actual] losses to be far more significant than forsaken gains” and the fact that people cannot harness the will power (to ???) do short-term go
have troubles with the phase: forsaken gains, from the following sentence:
Harris also considers some of the inherent paradoxes and puzzles in human morality; e.g. “people consider “[actual] losses to be far more significant than forsaken gains” and the fact that people cannot harness the will power (to ???) do short-term go
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