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Dark Fury Posted 8 years ago
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The onlooker is, in a sense, a sharer in life who hangs on to the living.

"The onlooker is, in a sense, a sharer in life who hangs on to the living." F. Kafka.

I have doubts about the meaning of the part in bold. Does the 'living' here means 'livelihood'?

  

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Dark Fury . Does the 'living' here means 'livelihood'? No; it means the people who are really living themselves and not just looking on.

  • Dark Fury .
  • Does the 'living' here means 'livelihood'?
  • No; it means the people who are really living themselves and not just looking on.
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Dark Fury. Does the 'living' here means 'livelihood'?

No; it means the people who are really living themselves and not just looking on.

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