The materialist, on the other hand, seeks the reason in the material, economic conditions of social life. If society is divided into rich and poor, it is because the production of the material means of life is so ordered that some have possession of the land and other means of production while the rest have to work for them. However hard they may work and however much they may scrape and save, the non-possessors will remain poor, while the possessors grow rich on the fruits of their labour.
from Materialism and the Dialectical Method - Maurice Cornforth
What does "is so ordered that" mean?
XVI What does "is so ordered that" mean? is arranged in a way that results in the following state of affairs: I would not have put it that way. It lays two false scents, "is so ordered", meaning "an order is given to this effect", and "is so ordered", meaning "is in such a tidy state".
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XVIWhat does "is so ordered that" mean?
is arranged in a way that results in the following state of affairs:
I would not have put it that way. It lays two false scents, "is so ordered", meaning "an order is given to this effect", and "is so ordered", meaning "is in such a tidy state". If I had been his editor, and he insisted on "ordered", I would hav
XVIWhat does "is so ordered that" mean?
is arranged in the sort of way that
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