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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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The critic is so busy cataloguing the evil motivations all around him that he leaves off the list the malignant motive for the catalogue in the first place—a set that somehow forgot to include itself among its own members.
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Please, paraphrase the above sentences into the sentences that are very simple to understand.
  

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The passage includes an allusion to Russell's paradox, a sort of logic puzzle sometimes expressed by the phrase "The set of all sets that do not include themselves". The most often quoted example is that of the barber who shaves all men who do not shave themselves. " If he shaves himself then he is someone who does not shave himself — a contradiction.

— CalifJim

  • The passage includes an allusion to Russell's paradox, a sort of logic puzzle sometimes expressed by the phrase "The set of all sets that do not include themselves".
  • The most often quoted example is that of the barber who shaves all men who do not shave themselves.
  • " If he shaves himself then he is someone who does not shave himself — a contradiction.
  • If he does not shave himself then he must shave himself — another contradiction.
  • It seems this barber both shaves himself and does not shave himself at the same time — an impossible situation.
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The passage includes an allusion to Russell's paradox, a sort of logic puzzle sometimes expressed by the phrase "The set of all sets that do not include themselves". The most often quoted example is that of the barber who shaves all men who do not shave themselves. The question asked is then "Does this barber shave himself or not?" If he shaves himself then he is someone who does not shave hims
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The critic is making a catalog (a list in a book) of evil acts (or reasons for evil acts) that he observes other people doing.
However the reason for the catalog itself is evil.
But he does not include himself (the evil list-maker) in his own catalog.
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CalifJimThe passage includes an allusion to Russell's paradox, a sort of logic puzzle sometimes expressed by the phrase "The set of all sets that do not include themselves". The most often quoted example is that of the barber who shaves all men who do not shave themselves. The question asked is then "Does this barber shave himself or not?" If he shaves himself then he is
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AlpheccaStarsThe critic is making a catalog (a list in a book) of evil acts (or reasons for evil acts) that he observes other people doing.However the reason for the catalog itself is evil.But he does not include himself (the evil list-maker) in his own catalog.
You have been a huge help. Your paraphrase is of a great help.
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AnonymousThere have been is little chance that I don't will fail to understand the original sentence without your help.
As shown above.
AnonymousThank you
You are very welcome.

CJ
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CalifJimThere have been is little chance that I don't will fail to understand the original sentence without your help.
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AnonymousIt is a bit confusing.
Yes. I was going to change 'without' to 'with', and move the phrase, but I didn't. Sorry about that.

There is little chance that with your help I will fail to understand the original sentence.

CJ
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