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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

'of such'

"Political philosophy is the study of such as liberty, justice, property, rights, law, and the enforcement of a legal code by authority..."

Can someone please explain this use of 'such' here?

What does it mean? I couldn't find this particular use in my dictionary.

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It is awkward to my ear, and it may actually be just a typo. ). ) are included in political philosophy".

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  • ) are included in political philosophy".
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It is awkward to my ear, and it may actually be just a typo. It means this:

- Political philosophy is the study of such things/topics/areas as liberty, justice, (etc.).

In other words, "Things/topics such as liberty, justice, (etc.) ar
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Hi,

"Political philosophy is the study of such as liberty, justice, property,
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Read it on Wikipedia and was thinking it may have been just that--an error. Thank you.
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I think 'such' is a pronoun there with the meaning of things like/the like.

You could probably rephrase the sentence to read

Political philosophy is the study of liberty, justice, property, rights and such.
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