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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
"lines of aspiration"?
What exactly does the phrase mean? Is it something like 'a course or direction of one's expectation'? Can you give me some synonyms?
"lines of aspiration" as in...
"This is a problem of Aesthetics which is concerned with the correlation of the rational and the sensuous in art. The binary separation of these two lines of aspiration creates a remarkable tension of unity of form and content characteristic of great art."
"lines of aspiration" as in...
"This is a problem of Aesthetics which is concerned with the correlation of the rational and the sensuous in art. The binary separation of these two lines of aspiration creates a remarkable tension of unity of form and content characteristic of great art."
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Anonymous The binary separation of these two lines of aspiration creates ... aspiration: a strong desire to achieve something high or great There are two goals that the artist wishes to achieve. He wants his work to be rational, that is, logical, understandable; he wants his work to be sensuous, that is, beautiful, appealing.
- Anonymous The binary separation of these two lines of aspiration creates ...
- aspiration: a strong desire to achieve something high or great There are two goals that the artist wishes to achieve.
- He wants his work to be rational, that is, logical, understandable; he wants his work to be sensuous, that is, beautiful, appealing.
- In great art both aspirations are fulfilled, claims the author.
- CJ
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AnonymousThe binary separation of these two lines of aspiration creates ...aspiration: a strong desire to achieve something high or great
There are two goals that the artist wishes to achieve. He wants his work to be rational, that is, logical, understandable; he wants his work to be sensuous, that is, beautiful, appealing.
In great art b
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woodslimSo, does "line" here mean 'a direction'? or 'a goal'?It doesn't mean either of those things literally. It means both of those, and 'path', and 'trajectory', and 'kind', and 'type', and probably a few other things all in one.
It is not possible to give exact synonyms for all words as they are used in all contexts. And anyway, it shouldn't ma
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I asked because it was hard to think of the right, simple Korean translation for that part in the first place. I get what it intends to mean, but when in Korean, all sounds awkward and redundant.
Anyway, thanks a lot. I hope I can think of some brilliant Korean words for that, hopefully today!
Anyway, thanks a lot. I hope I can think of some brilliant Korean words for that, hopefully today!
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woodslimsimple Korean translationOK. I see what you're trying to do. The problem is that word-for-word translation is seldom very effective. To translate effectively you have to read at least a whole sentence, sometimes a group of sentences, to get the meaning. Then you have to ignore the words and ask yourself how you would get that same meaning across i
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Very kind of you to give me some insight!
Actually, the sentence I gave above is not the one I'm translating now. I wrote it just as an example whcih contains the phrase 'lines of aspiration'.
This is what I'm translating.
"To whom then will you liken ***, or what likeness compare with him? To whom then will you compare me, That I should be like him? says the Holy one.
Actually, the sentence I gave above is not the one I'm translating now. I wrote it just as an example whcih contains the phrase 'lines of aspiration'.
This is what I'm translating.
"To whom then will you liken ***, or what likeness compare with him? To whom then will you compare me, That I should be like him? says the Holy one.
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