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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
the believer
Does "the believer" imply who believes in the theory of meme? And Does the last sentence say that a believer in the theory of meme pities the believers in other beliefs and other schools of thought as victims and dismisses them as fools?
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The philosopher Roger Scruton posits the view that the theory of the meme is 'best seen not as a truth-seeking but a power-seeking device. It enables the believer to adopt a stance of cynical disenchantment towards the human world, to look on the people whose ideas he dislikes as though they were creatures in a state of intellectual eclipse, to be first pitied as victims and then dismissed as fools.'
Context:
The philosopher Roger Scruton posits the view that the theory of the meme is 'best seen not as a truth-seeking but a power-seeking device. It enables the believer to adopt a stance of cynical disenchantment towards the human world, to look on the people whose ideas he dislikes as though they were creatures in a state of intellectual eclipse, to be first pitied as victims and then dismissed as fools.'
Top answer
red apple Does "the believer" imply who believes in the theory of meme? , 'believers in (some) established religion or philosophy'. red apple And Does the last sentence say that a believer in the theory of meme pities the believers in other beliefs and other schools of thought as victims and dismisses them as fools?
- red apple Does "the believer" imply who believes in the theory of meme?
- , 'believers in (some) established religion or philosophy'.
- red apple And Does the last sentence say that a believer in the theory of meme pities the believers in other beliefs and other schools of thought as victims and dismisses them as fools?
- It does not say that much.
- The 'believer' may be as I have suggested above, and the sentence says only that he pities and dislikes those with different 'ideas'.
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red appleDoes "the believer" imply who believes in the theory of meme?From the limited text you have given us, yes, that's where the grammar points, but the main topic could be, e.g., 'believers in (some) established religion or philosophy'.
red appleAnd Does the last sentence say that a believer in the theory of meme pities the believ
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