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Hasibul Alam Posted 4 years ago
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What is the meaning of passing in this sentence?

hiippocrates is mentioned in passing in the writings of two contemporaries: Plato, in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagoras(dialogue) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedrus(dialogue),8 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics(Aristotle), which date from the 4th century BC.9

  

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His name appears, but that's all.

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  • His name appears, but that's all.
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His name appears, but that's all.

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The phrase is "in passing". It means briefly.

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