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Stenka25 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
The meaning of "no self there to meet"
The below sentences are from a website under the title "The Rewards of Living a Solitary Life."
http://karrvakarela.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html
What I want to ask is two points.
? the meaning of "no self there to meet," especially the exact meaning of "self "
? The structure of the sentences.
What had he been afraid of?
I asked myself.
That, suddenly alone, he would discover that he bored himself, or that there was, quite simply, no self there to meet?
?Here's what I think of ?.
He had he been afraid that suddenly alone, he would discover that he bored himself, or that there was, quite simply, no self there to meet.
Am I right?
http://karrvakarela.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html
What I want to ask is two points.
? the meaning of "no self there to meet," especially the exact meaning of "self "
? The structure of the sentences.
What had he been afraid of?
I asked myself.
That, suddenly alone, he would discover that he bored himself, or that there was, quite simply, no self there to meet?
?Here's what I think of ?.
He had he been afraid that suddenly alone, he would discover that he bored himself, or that there was, quite simply, no self there to meet.
Am I right?
Top answer
To crib the definition from my dictionary, "self" means "the distinct individuality or identity of a person". So, "no self there to meet" means a personality or identity lacking in substance or interest. Stenka25 He had he been afraid that suddenly alone, he would discover that he bored himself, or that there was, quite simply, no self there to meet.
- To crib the definition from my dictionary, "self" means "the distinct individuality or identity of a person".
- So, "no self there to meet" means a personality or identity lacking in substance or interest.
- Stenka25 He had he been afraid that suddenly alone, he would discover that he bored himself, or that there was, quite simply, no self there to meet.
- Am I right?
- Yes, with the typo fixed as highlighted above.
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To crib the definition from my dictionary, "self" means "the distinct individuality or identity of a person". So, "no self there to meet" means a personality or identity lacking in substance or interest.
Stenka25He hadhebeen afraid that suddenly alone, he would discover that he bored himself, or that there was, quite simply, no self there to meet.
Am I r
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