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Chineselindsay Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

stirred humanity into greatness

Dear teachers,
Every intellectual revolution which has ever stirred humanity into greatness has been a passionate protest against inert ideas.
Please explain this sentence.
Thank you!
  

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Other than the traditional cooking definition, to stir has an additional meaning similar to "to inspire" or "to push into activity". We use this word this way when we feel strong emotions moving and mixing inside of us (hence "stir") and we feel compelled to act. So basically the sentence means intellectual revolution pushes humanity to be great.

— Seme

  • Other than the traditional cooking definition, to stir has an additional meaning similar to "to inspire" or "to push into activity".
  • We use this word this way when we feel strong emotions moving and mixing inside of us (hence "stir") and we feel compelled to act.
  • So basically the sentence means intellectual revolution pushes humanity to be great.
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Other than the traditional cooking definition, to stir has an additional meaning similar to "to inspire" or "to push into activity". We use this word this way when we feel strong emotions moving and mixing inside of us (hence "stir") and we feel compelled to act.

So basically the sentence means intellectual revolution pushes humanity to be great.
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semeOther than the traditional cooking definition, to stir has an additional meaning similar to "to inspire" or "to push into activity". We use this word this way when we feel strong emotions moving and mixing inside of us (hence "stir") and we feel compelled to act.

So basically the sentence means intellectual revolution pushes humanity to be great.

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Yes, I would say that's a nice explanation.
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