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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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in every subsequent age
What does 'in every subsequent age' mean?
In other classes of animals, the individual advances from infancy to age or maturity; and he attains, in the compass of a single life, to all the perfection his nature can reach; but, in human kind, the species has a progress as well as the individual; they build in every subsequent age on foundations formerly laid.
In other classes of animals, the individual advances from infancy to age or maturity; and he attains, in the compass of a single life, to all the perfection his nature can reach; but, in human kind, the species has a progress as well as the individual; they build in every subsequent age on foundations formerly laid.
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"age" means something like "era"; it is saying that we humans build on the foundations laid by our ancestors.
- "age" means something like "era"; it is saying that we humans build on the foundations laid by our ancestors.
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"age" means something like "era"; it is saying that we humans build on the foundations laid by our ancestors.
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