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Nonodiv Posted 11 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
what does this sentence mean???
Hi guys, could anyone tell me what this sentence means ?
"External standpoints at once hold out the hopeof genuine autonomy, and snatches it away".
"External standpoints at once hold out the hopeof genuine autonomy, and snatches it away".
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When you read one philosopher (Nagel), succinctly expressing the views of yet another (Kierkegaard), you have to know how all the terms are defined. That takes reading the entire chapter several times over. But in this case, the rest of the paragraph does a pretty good job of it.
- When you read one philosopher (Nagel), succinctly expressing the views of yet another (Kierkegaard), you have to know how all the terms are defined.
- That takes reading the entire chapter several times over.
- But in this case, the rest of the paragraph does a pretty good job of it.
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When you read one philosopher (Nagel), succinctly expressing the views of yet another (Kierkegaard), you have to know how all the terms are defined. That takes reading the entire chapter several times over. But in this case, the rest of the paragraph does a pretty good job of it.
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Iam writing an essay about free will and determinism. I need to use 6 quotations from Negel article about both and express them in my own words and tell my opinion.
This is one of the quotations I chose, but I didn't understand its meaning despite I read the article many times.
This is one of the quotations I chose, but I didn't understand its meaning despite I read the article many times.
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The external standpoint: Making decisions and executing them as if we are standing outside ourselves.
"genuine autonomy" = to be free in our actions from internal prejudices and biases.
"snatches it away" = to take something unexpectedly, like grabbing the baby's lollipop from his hands.
"genuine autonomy" = to be free in our actions from internal prejudices and biases.
"snatches it away" = to take something unexpectedly, like grabbing the baby's lollipop from his hands.
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nonodiv Hi guys, could anyone tell me what this sentence means ?"External standpoints at once hold out the hopeof genuine autonomy, and snatches it away".Your sentence has incorrect grammar.
What Nagel said is th
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As you wish.
But in my experience, teachers expect you to quote people correctly.
Clive
But in my experience, teachers expect you to quote people correctly.
Clive
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Clive teachers expect you to quote people correctly.Especially in your report or essay.
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