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Stenka25 Posted 15 years ago
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What does it stand for?
The below sentence is from the Victor Frankl's book "Man's search for meaning."
Could you tell me,
1. What does it stand for?
-It seems to me "the war" in one way, but "the war of nerves" in another.
2. What does "it gave us the concentration camp" actually mean?
-It's contextual meaning does not come across to me, I mean how "it" could give us "the concentration camp."
We are indebted to the Second World War for enriching our knowledge of the "psychopathology of the masses," (if I may quote a variation of the well-known phrase and title of a book by LeBon), for the war gave us the war of nerves and it gave us the concentration camp.
Could you tell me,
1. What does it stand for?
-It seems to me "the war" in one way, but "the war of nerves" in another.
2. What does "it gave us the concentration camp" actually mean?
-It's contextual meaning does not come across to me, I mean how "it" could give us "the concentration camp."
We are indebted to the Second World War for enriching our knowledge of the "psychopathology of the masses," (if I may quote a variation of the well-known phrase and title of a book by LeBon), for the war gave us the war of nerves and it gave us the concentration camp.
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1. - The use of 'it' there seems unnecessary, since logically it refers to 'the war'. 2.
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- - The use of 'it' there seems unnecessary, since logically it refers to 'the war'.
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- -- The concentration camp, in all its classic horror, was given existence in World War II.
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1. What does it stand for?- The use of 'it' there seems unnecessary, since logically it refers to 'the war'.
2. What does "it gave us the concentration camp" actually mean?-- The concentration camp, in all its classic horror, was given existence in World War II.
2. What does "it gave us the concentration camp" actually mean?-- The concentration camp, in all its classic horror, was given existence in World War II.
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