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Keroro Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

pertains to its subject

hi, in the following sentence: "it should be remembered that all of these goods...for example the beauty of the public buildings, the magnitude of the temple precincts, the fair locations...everything which pertains to its subject, should be said to belong to fortune which gives and again takes away each of these, whenever it wishes." what is the meaning of "everything which pertains to its subject"? What does "subjects" refer to? (The speaker was speaking about the greatness of cities in Asia Minor around the first century.)

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Everything which belongs to its subject (NOT SUBJECTS) which is very probably the greatness of cities in Asia Minor around the first century, from your description. Otherwise, give MORE context, including leading paras, and do NOT cut anything.

— Marius Hancu

  • Everything which belongs to its subject (NOT SUBJECTS) which is very probably the greatness of cities in Asia Minor around the first century, from your description.
  • Otherwise, give MORE context, including leading paras, and do NOT cut anything.
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Everything which belongs to its subject (NOT SUBJECTS) which is very probably the greatness of cities in Asia Minor around the first century, from your description.

Otherwise, give MORE context, including leading paras, and do NOT cut anything.
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sorry, it's a quotation from a book. It's all that I have.
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Keroro sorry, it's a quotation from a book. It's all that I have.
Do you have the book? Then post everything, without "...," and including the preceding paragraph.
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It's a commentary of the Book of James, on 1:17. The preceding paragraphs are as follows:

Clearly James is offering a contrast with astral images, if not with astrological religion itself. Some commentators argue that James is actually countering a belief in astral religion and the occult, which lodged in the stars the power to decide human destiny. If such a specific belief was present
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Mere chance, for example, determined who was born wealthy and who was born a slave. The preeminent deity during this period was Tyche, the goddess Fortune or Chance.

... everything which pertains to its subject, should be said to belong to fortune which gives and again takes away each of these, whenever it
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the original paragraph is what I have typed.
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