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Pructus Posted 13 years ago
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If ONLY attack produces fear, and if you see attack as the call for help that it IS, the REALITY of fear MUST dawn upon you.
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Hi, Dear Members and Gurus~~
The underlined "If ONLY attack produces fear"....
Is it only to be understood only as "If [ONLY attack] produces fear" meaning "There is nothig that produces fear other than attack"?
It cannot be understood as "If attack produces ONLY fear"?
Or it can mean either one according to the context?
If ONLY attack produces fear, and if you see attack as the call for help that it IS, the REALITY of fear MUST dawn upon you.
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Hi, Dear Members and Gurus~~
The underlined "If ONLY attack produces fear"....
Is it only to be understood only as "If [ONLY attack] produces fear" meaning "There is nothig that produces fear other than attack"?
It cannot be understood as "If attack produces ONLY fear"?
Or it can mean either one according to the context?
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Hi I'm no expert on this, but I think you have mangled the quote. It is the unreality of fear that will dawn on you - If only attack produces fear ... ] Hence ...
- Hi I'm no expert on this, but I think you have mangled the quote.
- It is the unreality of fear that will dawn on you - If only attack produces fear ...
- ] Hence ...
- - If the only thing that produces fear is attack, and if you interpret attack as a call for help, then you will begin to understand that fear is unreal I can't vouch for that, but that is how I understand the words Dave
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Hi
I'm no expert on this, but I think you have mangled the quote. It is the unreality of fear that will dawn on you
- If only attack produces fear ...
[= If the only thing that produces fear is attack ...]
Hence ...
- If the only thing that produces fear is attack, and if you interpret attack as a call for help, then you will begin to understand that
I'm no expert on this, but I think you have mangled the quote. It is the unreality of fear that will dawn on you
- If only attack produces fear ...
[= If the only thing that produces fear is attack ...]
Hence ...
- If the only thing that produces fear is attack, and if you interpret attack as a call for help, then you will begin to understand that
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Thanks Dave...
The quotation is correct, because it is from the pre-edited version.
The quotation is correct, because it is from the pre-edited version.
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