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Grapepark Posted 10 years ago
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In excess of objectives

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What does "in excess of objective" in this paragraph mean?
Modernity, or the belief from Descartes onwards that our knowledge of the world is dictated by our own capacities rather than by a being in excess of our objective uses of the world, is rumbled.
  

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"in excess of objective" is not a phrase in that sentence. The phrasing is "a being / in excess of / our objective uses of the world". It seems to be referring to a supernatural being: something beyond our everyday experiences.

  • "in excess of objective" is not a phrase in that sentence.
  • The phrasing is "a being / in excess of / our objective uses of the world".
  • It seems to be referring to a supernatural being: something beyond our everyday experiences.
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"in excess of objective" is not a phrase in that sentence. The phrasing is "a being / in excess of / our objective uses of the world".

It seems to be referring to a supernatural being: something beyond our everyday experiences.

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