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Newguest Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Psychological standpoint of development
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Man from a psychological standpoint of development is not what he should be. He does not possess the self-mastery, the self-directing power of concentration that is his by right.
Does the 1st sentence mean the same as: Man - taking into account his development for a psychological standpoint - is not what he should be. ?
I know that self-mastery means self-control or self-command, but I'm not sure about self-directing.
Does it mean doesn't have the power to concentrate by his own will?
Man from a psychological standpoint of development is not what he should be. He does not possess the self-mastery, the self-directing power of concentration that is his by right.
Does the 1st sentence mean the same as: Man - taking into account his development for a psychological standpoint - is not what he should be. ?
I know that self-mastery means self-control or self-command, but I'm not sure about self-directing.
Does it mean doesn't have the power to concentrate by his own will?
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Roughly, yes, and yes. " I guess you know that.
- Roughly, yes, and yes.
- " I guess you know that.
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Roughly, yes, and yes.
(The idiom is "from a [certain] standpoint." You may not substitute "for." - from the point of view of X)
"the self-directing power of concentration that is his right" is in apposition to "the self-mastery." I guess you know that.
(The idiom is "from a [certain] standpoint." You may not substitute "for." - from the point of view of X)
"the self-directing power of concentration that is his right" is in apposition to "the self-mastery." I guess you know that.
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OK. Thanks.
By the way, does the phrase "that is his by right" refer only to the "power of concentration" or to the whole phrase "the self-directing power of concentration"?
By the way, does the phrase "that is his by right" refer only to the "power of concentration" or to the whole phrase "the self-directing power of concentration"?
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