Some drily plain, without invention's aid,
Write dull
receipts
how poems may be made.
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Alexander Pope |
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Thanksgiving
for a former, doth invite, II.
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Robert Herrick |
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If any deviation of party B remains unpunished, party B comes to a
conclusion
that future deviations will not trigger punishments from party A.
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Schwarz - Committments |
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See Newkirk,
Performance
of Self.
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The Public Work of Rhetoric_nodrm |
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The
latter
examined
it attentively, then laid it on the card chosen.
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Pushkin - Queen of Spades |
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Say, cursed dolls, that sweat, there,
toiling!
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Faust, a Tragedy by Goethe |
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Glossary
ciple be larger, but that at that
historic
junc?
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A-Companion-to-the-Cantos-of-Ezra-Pound-II |
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For
I am more than seventy years of age, and this is the first time that
I have ever
appeared
in a court of law, and I am quite a stranger
to the ways of the place; and therefore I would have you regard me
as if I were really a stranger, whom you would excuse if he spoke
in his native tongue, and after the fashion of his country; - that
I think is not an unfair request.
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Plato - Apology, Charity |
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It has survived long enough for the
copyright
to expire and the book to enter the public domain.
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The_satires_of_Persius |
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" Not to mention the superfluousness of the addition of the word impossible to indicate the apodeictic certainty, which ought to be self-evident from the proposition itself, the propo sition is affected by the
condition
of time, and as it were says :
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Kant - Critique of Pure Reason |
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He is fluent, rapid, vehement, full of
his subject, with
evidently
a great deal to say, and very regardless
of the manner of saying it.
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Hazlitt - The Spirit of the Age; Or, Contemporary Portraits |
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Schoenus
was a village near Thebes.
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Greek Anthology |
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net),
you must, at no
additional
cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a
copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon
request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other
form.
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Pushkin - Daughter of the Commandant |
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Cited in James
Thurber’s
essay “Soapland,” in Thurber, The Beast in Me and Other Animals (New York, 1968), p.
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Wolfgang-Schivelbusch-Three-New-Deals_-Reflections-on-Roosevelt’s-America_-Mussolini’s-Italy_-and-Hi |
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that this condescension of yours
is an even coarser disparagement of science than
any of that open scorn which a
presumptuous
priest
or artist might allow himself to indulge in towards
science?
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Nietzsche - v09 - The Dawn of Day |
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Jonathan
Swift graduated as B.
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Swift - Battle of the Books, and Others |
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For the explanation
of tragic myth the very first requirement is that
the
pleasure
which characterises it must be sought
in the purely aesthetic sphere, without encroaching
on the domain of pity, fear, or the morally-subjime.
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Nietzsche - v01 - Birth of Tragedy |
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137 (#171) ############################################
THE JOYFUL WISDOM, II 137
to ourselves in that which is true and
original
in us.
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Nietzsche - v10 - The Joyful Wisdom |
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to creating; in creating, however, de
struction
included).
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Nietzsche - Works - v15 - Will to Power - b |
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That identification meant that the middle classes were also subject to the ups and downs suffered by the
ideology
itself.
| Guess: |
market |
| Question: |
Why does the identification with the ideology cause the middle classes to experience its ups and downs? |
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The identification with the ideology of nationalism causes the middle classes to experience its ups and downs because they define themselves in terms of the nation and are willing to risk all for it. This means that they are subject to the fluctuations and changes in the popularity and manifestations of the nationalist ideology, as it rises and falls in cycles, in response to its relationship with cosmopolitanism and other historical events. |
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Wolfgang-Schivelbusch-Three-New-Deals_-Reflections-on-Roosevelt’s-America_-Mussolini’s-Italy_-and-Hi |
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To extend this image, we might say that before the 1930s Europe and America were each in
possession
of only half of what was needed to create a modern mass society.
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possession |
| Question: |
Why were Europe and America each considered to possess only half of what was needed to create a modern mass society before the 1930s? |
| Answer: |
Europe and America were each considered to possess only half of what was needed to create a modern mass society before the 1930s because Europe had a social welfare state but remained mired in class struggle, whereas America had a middle-class peace of mind but lacked a system of social support. The crisis of the Great Depression revealed that neither ideology was sufficient to hold society together. In Europe, the persistence of class struggle produced significant social friction, while in the United States, the absence of a welfare state had a similar effect. |
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Wolfgang-Schivelbusch-Three-New-Deals_-Reflections-on-Roosevelt’s-America_-Mussolini’s-Italy_-and-Hi |
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Scholars gradually recognized neoclassical monumentalism—whether of the 1930s, the Renaissance, the French Revolution, or the Napoleonic empire—for what it is: the architectural style in which the state visually
manifests
power and authority.
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asserts |
| Question: |
Why is neoclassical monumentalism considered the architectural style that visually manifests state power and authority? |
| Answer: |
Neoclassical monumentalism is considered the architectural style that visually manifests state power and authority because it is associated with various state solutions during times of crisis, such as revolutions, wars, or economic depressions. The style is used when states need to project a powerful and authoritative image that inspires trust, respect, and a sense of deeper meaning and community. It serves to show the rest of the world who they are dealing with and sets the state apart as powerful and influential. |
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Wolfgang-Schivelbusch-Three-New-Deals_-Reflections-on-Roosevelt’s-America_-Mussolini’s-Italy_-and-Hi |
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“Would
not France today be immeasurably richer and more respected if it had pursued a determined colonial policy in the past two centuries?
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Would |
| Question: |
Why would France be considered richer and more respected if it had pursued a determined colonial policy in the past two centuries? |
| Answer: |
France would be considered richer and more respected if it had pursued a determined colonial policy in the past two centuries because it could have acquired valuable territories such as Canada, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Pacific Coast. These territories would contribute to France’s prestige and increase its material and spiritual power, improving its global position. The colonial policy could have also prevented France from focusing on the less effective continental policy. |
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Wolfgang-Schivelbusch-The-culture-of-defeat_-on-national-trauma_-mourning_-and-recovery-Henry-Holt-a |
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On the extinction of German culture, see
Friedrich
Nietzsche, Unzeitgemässe Betrachtungen, Werke in drei Bänden, ed.
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Wolfgang-Schivelbusch-The-culture-of-defeat_-on-national-trauma_-mourning_-and-recovery-Henry-Holt-a |
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Taylor describes the villainous Legree as an “anti-planter” and his mansion, which perverts the
principles
of the “good” plantation, as an “anti-home”: “What we are given in a few pages is an evocative vision of the home become a factory, where everything, finally, is weighed in the balance scale of Legree’s cotton house.
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ideal |
| Question: |
How does Taylor's description of Legree's mansion as an "anti-home" emphasize the perversion of traditional plantation values? |
| Answer: |
Taylor's description of Legree's mansion as an "anti-home" emphasizes the perversion of traditional plantation values by contrasting it with the idealized image of a "good" plantation in the Arcadian paradigm, where agrarian-patriarchal society is intact. He argues that the mansion is a perversion because it is a place where everything is driven by profit and industrialism, like a factory, rather than fostering the paternalistic values traditionally associated with Southern plantations. In doing so, the "anti-home" becomes a symbol of the corruption and distortion brought about by the slavery system. |
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Wolfgang-Schivelbusch-The-culture-of-defeat_-on-national-trauma_-mourning_-and-recovery-Henry-Holt-a |
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Nye, Crime, Madness, and Politics in Modern France: The Medical Concept of
National
Decline (Princeton, 1984), pp.
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Wolfgang-Schivelbusch-The-culture-of-defeat_-on-national-trauma_-mourning_-and-recovery-Henry-Holt-a |
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Largely unconstrained by the military leadership, which was interested solely in receiving armament shipments in full and on time, the technocrats enjoyed the sort of
organizational
independence from capital they could only have dreamt of before the war.
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autonomy |
| Question: |
Why did the technocrats enjoy organizational independence from capital during the war? |
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The technocrats enjoyed organizational independence from capital during the war because they held senior positions in the newly created ministries, offices, departments, and staffs of the war economy, where they were free to do as they pleased. They were also largely unconstrained by the military leadership, which focused solely on receiving armament shipments in full and on time, allowing the technocrats a greater degree of autonomy and control. |
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Wolfgang-Schivelbusch-The-culture-of-defeat_-on-national-trauma_-mourning_-and-recovery-Henry-Holt-a |
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But that's only a prosaic description of their
geographic
origin.
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mythical |
| Question: |
Why is the description of their geographic origin considered prosaic? |
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The description of spices' geographic origin is considered prosaic because it simply states that Venice was the chief transfer point in Europe for the spice trade without the sense of wonder, mysticism, and vivid imagination associated with the Middle Ages' people belief about spices, such as pepper growing near Paradise or spices being carried from Paradise. The prosaic description lacks the magical and fabled qualities that the people of the Middle Ages attributed to these products. |
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch_ David Jacobson - Tastes of Paradise_ A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants-Vintage (1993) |
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The counter, already visible at the Ramponneau, where it still plays a rather minor role, now assumes a central place in the activity, as a sort of traffic island or nodal point at which
business
is transacted.
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business |
| Question: |
Why does the counter assume a central place in the activity and become a nodal point for business transactions? |
| Answer: |
The counter assumes a central place in the activity and becomes a nodal point for business transactions because it responds to the increased volume in patronage. As business expands, the counter serves as a sort of traffic island, centralizing and streamlining transactions in the busy drinking place. |
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch_ David Jacobson - Tastes of Paradise_ A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants-Vintage (1993) |
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The French bar is halfway between these two
extremes—the
lesson being that one of the ways to gauge the extent to which commercialism has saturated a given culture is by the length of its bars.
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points |
| Question: |
Why does the length of bars serve as an indicator of the level of commercialism in a culture? |
| Answer: |
The length of bars serves as an indicator of the level of commercialism in a culture because it reflects the focus on consumption and efficiency in serving customers. In the passage, it explains that longer bars, like the ones in England and the United States, are designed to serve a lot of customers quickly and facilitate public drinking, which highlights the commercial aspect of these establishments. On the other hand, shorter bars, like in Germany, focus more on creating a cozy atmosphere for people to drink at tables, demonstrating that commercialism is less pervasive in their culture. |
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch_ David Jacobson - Tastes of Paradise_ A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants-Vintage (1993) |
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20
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DRINKING COFFEE "A LA TURQUE"
During the Rococo period, people loved to dress up and
surround
themselves with objects in the oriental style.
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decorate |
| Question: |
Why did people prefer surrounding themselves with objects in the oriental style during the Rococo period? |
| Answer: |
During the Rococo period, people preferred surrounding themselves with objects in the oriental style because they loved to dress up and masquerading in exotic styles, which extended from Chinese porcelain rooms to little blackamoors serving the fashionable beverages. This fascination with the oriental aesthetic also led to some people dressing up in native costumes while enjoying their coffee. |
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch_ David Jacobson - Tastes of Paradise_ A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants-Vintage (1993) |
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Accum, A Practical Treatise on Gas-Light, London, 1815)
Within a few years, London became the first metropolis to be
largely
supplied
with gas.
| Guess: |
illuminated |
| Question: |
How did London become the first metropolis to be largely supplied with gas within a few years? |
| Answer: |
London became the first metropolis to be largely supplied with gas within a few years due to the rapid growth and expansion of gas companies and infrastructure. In 1814, there was one company with a single gasometer, and by 1822 there were four companies with forty-seven gasometers and a total volume of almost one million cubic feet. |
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Angela Davies - Disenchanted Night_ The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century-University of California Press (1995) |
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Its design clearly
foreshadowed
modern forms of lighting.
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reflects |
| Question: |
How does its design foreshadow modern forms of lighting? |
| Answer: |
The design of the Argand burner foreshadows modern forms of lighting as it possessed primitive equivalents of elements found in an electric light bulb. The glass cylinder in the Argand burner corresponded to the glass outer casing of an electric bulb, the wick mechanism to the light switch, and the flame, intensified by the increased oxygen supply, to the filament. |
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Angela Davies - Disenchanted Night_ The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century-University of California Press (1995) |
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We can see clearly how the inherent qualities of gas technology
influenced
later developments.
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influenced |
| Question: |
How did the inherent qualities of gas technology influence later developments? |
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The inherent qualities of gas technology influenced later developments by progressing from an experimental to an industrial stage. This can be seen in Murdoch's experiments, where he began by heating coal in small glass retorts before switching to larger iron containers. Additionally, there was no fully developed system from the start that separated the production, storage, distribution, and consumption of gas, which led to future improvements in these areas as the technology evolved. |
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Angela Davies - Disenchanted Night_ The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century-University of California Press (1995) |
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One should do honour to the
fatality
which
says to the feeble: “perish!
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Nietzsche - v14 - Will to Power - a |
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138-39), most particularly in Grandville's Variete des
priseurs
(pp.
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Wolfgang Schivelbusch_ David Jacobson - Tastes of Paradise_ A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants-Vintage (1993) |
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“ Being," as the
generalisation
of the concept
“ Life" (breath), “to be animate," “ to will,” “ to act
i upon," " become.
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Nietzsche - v15 - Will to Power - b |
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ASSIGNING
PRESTIGE
TO ONE'S COUNTRY.
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Nietzsche - v09 - The Dawn of Day |
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209; as
unsatisfying
in the end, 342.
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Nietzsche - v18 - Epilogue, Index |
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What I have experienced, however, continues to live "in the memory"; I have noth ing to do with it when memory "comes," my will is
inactive
in regard to as in the case of the coming and going of a thought.
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Nietzsche - Works - v15 - Will to Power - b |
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It
was believed that Homer's poem was passed from
one generation to another viva voce, and faults
were
attributed
to the improvising and at times
forgetful bards.
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Nietzsche - v03 - Future of Our Educational Institutions |
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Hear the iron and brass
Ringing above their voices, as they snatch
The arms that seem to fight among themselves,
Seized by their masters' anguish; dost thou hear
The clumsy terror in the camp, the men
Hasting to arm
themselves
against our God,
Ozias?
| Guess: |
themselves |
| Question: |
Why do the iron and brass appear to be "fighting among themselves" in this sentence? |
| Answer: |
The iron and brass appear to be "fighting among themselves" in this sentence because the enemy soldiers are hastily and desperately grabbing weapons in a state of fear and chaos, as if the weapons were fighting each other in the confusion. |
| Source: |
Lascelle Abercrombie |
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Anti-
quarian history degenerates from the moment that
it no longer gives a soul and
inspiration
to the
fresh life of the present.
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Nietzsche - v05 - Untimely Meditations - b |
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Figure 1 is a figure from our field notes of April 2004, and in reproducing this figure here, I mean to signify a number of things: it is one of many such maps that we created (though a rela- tively stable one); it is an artifact of our research and not "true" in any other sense; and in publishing this map (now twice), we have given the public space of Harbor a type of rhetorical
stability
with respect to our work there that is both useful and also only one type of connection possible in that same geographi- cal, cultural, political, and social space at that time--or at any given time.
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The Public Work of Rhetoric_nodrm |
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We
therefore
put the question,
whether Strauss really possesses the artistic strength
necessary for the purpose of presenting us with a
thing that is a whole, totum ponere?
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Nietzsche - v04 - Untimely Meditations - a |
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This wantonness and folly did I put in place of
that will, when I taught that " In everything there
is one thing
impossible—rationality!
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Nietzsche - v11 - Thus Spake Zarathustra |
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Her brother, Krause, the Professor of Theology in
* The right which every Polish deputy, whether a great or
an inferior nobleman,
possessed
of forbidding the passing of
any measure by the Diet, was called in Poland the liberum veto
(in Polish nie pozwalatn), and brought all legislation to a
standstill.
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Nietzsche - v17 - Ecce Homo |
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Your whole life, like a sandglass, will always be re-
versed and will ever run out again,-a long minute
of time will elapse until all those
conditions
out of
which you were evolved return in the wheel of the
cosmic process.
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v16 - Twilight of the Idols |
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I' son
Beatrice
che ti faccio andare;
vegno del loco ove tornar disio;
amor mi mosse, che mi fa parlare.
| Guess: |
son |
| Question: |
Why does Beatrice say that love motivated her to speak? |
| Answer: |
Beatrice says that love motivated her to speak because it moved her to action and made her guide the speaker through the journey. |
| Source: |
Dante - La Divina Commedia |
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2 That they had treated his grandfather
Pharnaces
in the same manner, who, by the arbitration of his relatives, was made successor to Eumenes king of Pergamum; 3 that Eumenes himself, again, in whose fleet they had for the first time been transported into Asia, and by whose army ,rather than their own, they had subdued both Antiochus the Great and the Gauls in Asia, and soon after king Perseus in Macedonia, 4 had been treated by them as an enemy, and had been forbidden to come into Italy, though they made war, which they thought it would be disgraceful to make upon himself, upon his son Aristonicus.
| Guess: |
grandfather |
| Question: |
How was he treated? |
| Answer: |
He was treated with affront and obstruction by the Senate, who granted liberty to other nations to insult him and prevented him from avenging himself. He was also compared unfavorably to other kings and had war made upon him due to his power and majesty. |
| Source: |
Justinus - Epitome of Historae Philippicae |
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Nay, these the things that make the world, The pick and spade, the ax, the mill, The furrowed field, the
ploughman
grim, The sons of God that work His will.
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Contemporary Verse - v01-02 |
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Title: The complete works of
Friedrich
Nietzsche.
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v04 - Untimely Meditations - a |
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Sous les
quolibets
de la troupe
Qui pousse un rire general,
Mon triste coeur brave a la poupe
Mon coeur est plein de caporal!
| Guess: |
pavillons |
| Question: |
Why does the speaker describe their heart as "brave" and "full of caporal" amidst the mocking and general laughter from the group? |
| Answer: |
The speaker describes their heart as "brave" and "full of caporal" amidst the mocking and general laughter from the group because, despite the insults and ridicule it faces, the heart continues to persevere and withstand the abuse. The heart's bravery lies in its resilience and strength in the face of such adversity. |
| Source: |
Rimbaud - Poesie Completes |
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How the same Pope sent to
Augustine
the Pall and a letter,
along with several ministers of the Word.
| Guess: |
confirm |
| Question: |
What was in the Pall? |
| Answer: |
The Pall contained sacred vessels and altar-cloths, church furniture, vestments for bishops and clerks, relics of the holy Apostles and martyrs, and many manuscripts. |
| Source: |
bede |
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For thee, O boy,
First shall the earth, untilled, pour freely forth
Her
childish
gifts, the gadding ivy-spray
With foxglove and Egyptian bean-flower mixed,
And laughing-eyed acanthus.
| Guess: |
spontaneous |
| Question: |
Why does the earth pour forth "childish gifts" for the boy without being tilled? |
| Answer: |
The earth pours forth "childish gifts" for the boy without being tilled as a sign of the abundant blessings and prosperity that will come to him. This abundance is described as so great that it doesn't require human effort, like tilling the land, for the earth to produce its bounty. |
| Source: |
Virgil - Eclogues |
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The oracle commanded them to move Pausanias' tomb into the
sanctuary
and to "give back two bodies instead of one to the goddess of the Bronze House.
| Guess: |
sanctuary |
| Question: |
What were the two bodies? |
| Answer: |
The two bodies were two bronze statues of Pausanias installed beside Athena's altar. |
| Source: |
Ancient-greek-cults-a-guide |
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—What one sees
at the contact of civilized peoples with barbarians,
—namely, that the lower civilization regularly
accepts in the first place the vices, weaknesses,
and excesses of the higher; then, from that point
onward, feels the influence of a charm; and finally,
by means of the
appropriated
vices and weaknesses,
also allows something of the valuable influence of
the higher culture to leaven it:—one can also see
this close at hand and without journeys to bar-
barian peoples, to be sure, somewhat refined and
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| Question: |
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v10 - The Joyful Wisdom |
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“Here we see the
philosophy
of Nietzsche put into a concentrated
form, and set forth by a clever and biting pen.
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| Question: |
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v12 - Beyond Good and Evil |
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From those times until the
generation that produced Friedrich August Wolf
we must take a jump over a long historical vacuum;
but in our own age we find the argument left just
as it was at the time when the power of contro-
versy departed from antiquity, and it is a matter
of indifference to us that Wolf accepted as certain
tradition what
antiquity
itself had set up only as
a hypothesis.
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v03 - Future of Our Educational Institutions |
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[51] O thrice
belovèd
man!
| Guess: |
fortunate |
| Question: |
Why is he triply beloved? |
| Answer: |
He is triply beloved because his lips and breath still live, the sound of his song is quick, and no one, not even Pan, can match his musical abilities with the pipe. |
| Source: |
Moschus |
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The devil has the most extensive
perspectives
for
God; on that account he keeps so.
| Guess: |
hatred |
| Question: |
Why does the devil maintain extensive perspectives for God? |
| Answer: |
The devil maintains extensive perspectives for God because he is the oldest friend of knowledge and wants to stay far away from God. |
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Nietzsche - v12 - Beyond Good and Evil |
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We should
probably
support the development
and the maturation democratic tendencies; for conduces to weakness of will: "Socialism
we recognise thorn which prevents smug ease.
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| Question: |
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Nietzsche - Works - v14 - Will to Power - a |
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Do you know nothing of an
intellectual
conscience?
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| Question: |
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Nietzsche - v10 - The Joyful Wisdom |
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124; dreams as compensation for absence
of nutriment during the day, 125; our nervous
irritations
interpreted
by dreams and, 126.
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| Question: |
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v18 - Epilogue, Index |
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In the South the more powerful
pagan religion survived in Christianity, whereas in
the North Christianity meant an opposition to
and a break with the old-time creed, and hence
was from the first more
thoughtful
and less sensual,
but for that very reason, in times of peril, more
fanatical and more obstinate.
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v07 - Human All-Too-Human - b |
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But you have to precisely prove the
existence
of a "soul.
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
AbhidharmakosabhasyamVol-4VasubandhuPoussinPruden1991 |
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There often came to him, as he
tells his friends in prison, one and the same
dream-apparition, which kept constantly repeating
to him: "Socrates,
practise
music.
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v01 - Birth of Tragedy |
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All nothing everywhere:
Mists we on mornings see
Have more of
substance
when they're here
And more of form than he.
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substance |
| Question: |
Why is the person being compared to mists in terms of having less substance and form? |
| Answer: |
The person (Old Year) is being compared to mists in terms of having less substance and form because, like mists, the Old Year disappears without a trace once it's gone, and it cannot be recalled. The passage emphasizes the fleeting and intangible nature of time. |
| Source: |
John Clare |
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There were many other distinguished men called Aratus, such as the historians, Aratus of Cnidus, author of historical works about Egypt, and (thirdly) the famous Aratus of Sicyon, who wrote the "Multi-book history",
containing
more than 30 books.
| Guess: |
comprising |
| Question: |
What was the outline of his Multi-Book history? |
| Answer: |
The outline of his Multi-Book history is not provided in the passage. It only mentions that the famous Aratus of Sicyon wrote the "Multi-book history", containing more than 30 books. |
| Source: |
Suda - Lives of the Hellenistic Poets |
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He
produced
an edition of the Odyssey, and so this is called the "edition of Aratus", similarly to the editions of Aristarchus and Aristophanes.
| Guess: |
published |
| Question: |
What was special about his Odyssey? |
| Answer: |
Lycophron's Odyssey was special because he produced an edition of the Odyssey, which is called the "edition of Aratus," similarly to the editions of Aristarchus and Aristophanes. |
| Source: |
Suda - Lives of the Hellenistic Poets |
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He says that the earth has the shape of a
spherical
body in the universe; it is motionless, and its size is 252,000 stades.
| Guess: |
spherical |
| Question: |
Why does he claim that the earth is motionless and has a size of 252,000 stades? |
| Answer: |
He claims that the earth is motionless and has a size of 252,000 stades because he believes it has the shape of a spherical body in the universe. |
| Source: |
Suda - Lives of the Hellenistic Poets |
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As a result of these, he gained a
reputation
as a good poet, and won other prizes in his own name.
| Guess: |
reputation |
| Question: |
Why did he gain a reputation as a good poet? |
| Answer: |
He gained a reputation as a good poet as a result of presenting his first play and several other plays, which were well-received, and he also won other prizes in his own name. |
| Source: |
Suda - Lives of the Hellenistic Poets |
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]
[Footnote 44:
"Se le
svergognate
fosser certe
Di quel che l' ciel veloce loro ammanna,
Gia per urlare avrian le bocche aperte.
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voglie |
| Question: |
Why would the "svergognate" have their mouths open to scream if they were certain of what the fast-moving sky sends them? |
| Answer: |
The "svergognate" would have their mouths open to scream if they were certain of what the fast-moving sky sends them because they would be in shock and distress due to the terrible consequences or punishments that they are about to receive. |
| Source: |
Stories from the Italian Poets |
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Sidonius lengthens the
penultimate
vowel
in Abraham, while Arator shortens it.
| Guess: |
first |
| Question: |
Why does Sidonius lengthen the penultimate vowel in Abraham while Arator shortens it? |
| Answer: |
Sidonius lengthens the penultimate vowel in Abraham while Arator shortens it because foreign or barbarous words introduced into the Latin language are not subject to any invariable rule. |
| Source: |
Latin - Casserly - Complete System of Latin Prosody |
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The
repeated
observation of this phenomenon has led to the
notion that the process was equivalent to coition, but the fact is
that a similar phenomenon is observable in quadrupeds.
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Aristotle |
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and
wherefore
also these wings and archeries that we may not escape him when he oppresseth us?
| Guess: |
with |
| Question: |
Why do these wings and archeries exist, preventing us from escaping when he oppresses us? |
| Answer: |
These wings and archeries exist to prevent us from escaping when oppressed, as it is a way for the powerful, such as the Blessed or gods like Phoebus, to maintain control and dominance over others. |
| Source: |
Bion |
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And for the greater
security
of the weak commons, he gave general liberty of indicting for an act of injury ; if any one was beaten, maimed, or suffered any violence, any man that would and was able might prosecute the wrongdoer ; intending by this to accustom the citizens, like members of the same body, to resent and be sensible of one another's injuries.
| Guess: |
protection |
| Question: |
Why did the author give general liberty of indicting for acts of injury in order to protect the weak commons? |
| Answer: |
The author gave general liberty of indicting for acts of injury in order to protect the weak commons because he wanted to accustom the citizens to feel and respond to each other's injuries like members of the same body. This would help ensure the security of the weak commons by allowing any citizen to prosecute a wrongdoer, thus discouraging acts of violence in the society. He also believed that a city is best modeled when those who are not injured try and punish the unjust as much as those that are, promoting a sense of community responsibility for addressing and preventing harm. |
| Source: |
Universal Anthology - v03 |
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It is a commonplace of
criticism
that Lucian was the first of the
moderns, but in truth he is near to our time because of all the
ancients he is nearest to his own.
| Guess: |
commonplace |
| Question: |
Why does the author believe that Lucian is closer to modern times due to his proximity to his own time among the ancients? |
| Answer: |
The author believes that Lucian is closer to modern times due to his proximity to his own time among the ancients because of his unique approach to literature and observation of the world. Lucian focused on the everyday life and the individual rather than traditional or abstract subjects, capturing the complexity and wonder of everyday people. He observed the world through the lens of truth and unraveled the "tangled skein of human folly." As a result, his writings remain fresh and relevant, and his characters are as familiar today as they were in the second century. |
| Source: |
Lucian - True History |
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"
The Complaints of
Jeremias
touch the highest
point of Ujej ski's national aspirations, and
created a profound impression in his country.
| Guess: |
Complaints |
| Question: |
What are Jeremias' Complaints? |
| Answer: |
Jeremias' complaints are related to his national aspirations for his country, Poland. These complaints are expressed in his poems and touch on themes of fidelity to the national cause, steadfastness under oppression, and hope for the future. |
| Source: |
Poland - 1915 - Poland, a Study in National Idealism - Monica Gardner |
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The Jesuits wished to be reinstated
in a Greek College which they had once possessed, but he plainly told the
government that if they were established thergthe sons of ignorant people
would be
educated
in the maxims of a society inimical to it.
| Guess: |
indoctrinated |
| Question: |
Why did the author claim that allowing the Jesuits to be reinstated in the Greek College would result in the education of sons in maxims that were inimical to the government? |
| Answer: |
The author claimed that allowing the Jesuits to be reinstated in the Greek College would result in the education of sons in maxims that were inimical to the government because the Jesuits held a great influence over Rome and their teachings would be at odds with the Venice government. Fra Paolo believed that if the Jesuits were established in the college, the sons of ignorant people would be educated in the principles of a society that was hostile to the government, and this would not benefit the state. |
| Source: |
Sarpi - 1868 - Life of Fra Paolo Sarpi |
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If you
received
the work electronically, the person or entity
providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to
receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund.
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Baudelaire - Poems and Prose Poems |
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Cold soup, cold soup clear and
particular
and a principal a principal
question to put into.
| Guess: |
sparkling |
| Question: |
How does the soup taste? |
| Answer: |
The passage does not provide enough information to determine how the soup tastes. |
| Source: |
Gertrude Stein - Tender Buttons |
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Eros is a pretty child about
fourteen
years of age,
dressed as Cupid, bearing in his hand a bow and
arrow, and on his back a quiver of darts; he runs
noiselessly up behind the lovers and touches them
with one of his darts.
| Guess: |
eight |
| Question: |
Why does Eros, dressed as Cupid, touch the lovers with one of his darts? |
| Answer: |
In the passage, Eros, dressed as Cupid, touches the lovers with one of his darts to inspire them with love. After being touched by the dart, the lovers arise and sing the Love Duo. |
| Source: |
Catullus - Lamb - A Comedy in Verse |
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'
dead vine, thou
observest
near thee vine that bare indeed in winter, yet not dead.
| Guess: |
growest |
| Question: |
Why is the vine described as "not dead" even though it appears barren in winter? |
| Answer: |
The vine is described as "not dead" even though it appears barren in winter because its life and death are hidden during this season. The life of the vine will shine brightly and be manifested with the splendor of leaves and abundance of fruit when summer comes. |
| Source: |
Augustine - Exposition on the Psalms - v6 |
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"
"Why, no," said he; "perhaps I should
Have stayed another minute--
But still no Ghost, that's any good,
Without an
introduction
would
Have ventured to begin it.
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Lewis Carroll |
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But the poem
ghost,
certainly
Roman Homer with still greater
ingenuousness
than Klopstock claimed to be the German, and was received as such by his contemporaries and still more so by posterity.
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
The history of Rome; tr. with the sanction of the ... v.3. Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903 |
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551 "Tu vero ne morem
gesseris
illis," but do not thou grant their request.
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Calvin Commentary - Acts - c |
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)
9-
A certain asceticism, a grimly gay whole-hearted
renunciation, is, as we have seen, one of the most
favourable conditions for the highest intellectualism,
and, consequently, for the most natural corollaries
of such intellectualism : we shall
therefore
be proof
against any surprise at the philosophers in par-
ticular always treating the ascetic ideal with a
certain amount of predilection.
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v13 - Genealogy of Morals |
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Sun warm on pennons and streamers, dragons and serpents stir, 4 by palace halls the breeze is light, swallows and
sparrows
fly high.
| Guess: |
martins |
| Question: |
Why do the dragons and serpents stir in the sun's warmth? |
| Answer: |
The dragons and serpents stir in the sun's warmth because it provides a comfortable and inviting environment for them, as it does for the pennons and streamers. |
| Source: |
Du Fu - 5 |
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| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Du Fu - 5 |
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7 in divine
achievement
he assisted in ?
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Du Fu - 5 |
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s role for a
military
position, as Ban Chao did when he went to serve in the army in the Eastern Han.
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Du Fu - 5 |
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Luoyang can be taken as easily as
pointing
to the palm,4 the Western Capital is not even worth seizing.
| Guess: |
a melon |
| Question: |
How is Luoyang taken? |
| Answer: |
Luoyang can be taken as easily as pointing to the palm, meaning it can be captured effortlessly. |
| Source: |
Du Fu - 5 |
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Dein
entschlagen
will ich mich,
weil weil mich deine Antwort flieht.
| Guess: |
Entschluss |
| Question: |
Why does the speaker claim they will rid themselves of Dein, and how is it connected with the elusiveness of Dein's answer? |
| Answer: |
The speaker claims they will rid themselves of Dein because Dein's answer is elusive and they are not satisfied with it. The connection between their decision and the elusiveness of Dein's answer is that it causes the speaker distress or grief (as indicated by the phrase "des Grams um dich"), which prompts them to decide to let go of Dein. |
| Source: |
Lament for a Man Dear to Her |
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If you
do not charge
anything
for copies of this eBook, complying with the
rules is very easy.
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Khalil Gibran - Poems |
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Let us
compress
the facts
into a short formula.
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v13 - Genealogy of Morals |
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Thou shalt not be happy so long as thou catch him not, but so sure as thou shalt come to the stature of a man, he that hoppeth and scapeth thee now will come
suddenly
of himself and light upon thy head.
| Guess: |
willingly |
| Question: |
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| Answer: |
The speaker's happiness depends on catching the one who hops and scapes because they will not be happy until they do, as stated in the passage "Thou shalt not be happy so long as thou catch him not". In the later part of the text, the speaker is tasked with teaching Love, which might be connected to their happiness depending on their success in catching him. |
| Source: |
Bion |
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It seems to me
possible
that in the scene above referred
to, where the lover occupies a house adjoining that of his mistress,
and their secret amour is discovered by her servant and reported to
his master, Jonson had in mind the same incident in Plautus' _Miles
Gloriosus_, Act.
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association |
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Goethe's man is no such threatening force; in
a certain sense he is a corrective and a sedative to
those
dangerous
agitations of which Rousseau's
man is a prey.
| Guess: |
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| Question: |
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| Answer: |
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| Source: |
Nietzsche - v05 - Untimely Meditations - b |
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Here we are lacking, it is
true, every good right; but the judges before whom
we find justice judge you also and will tell you:
First acquire a culture; then you shall experience
what
Philosophy
can and will do.
| Guess: |
culture |
| Question: |
What culture seeds Philosophy? |
| Answer: |
The culture that seeds Philosophy is the Greek culture. |
| Source: |
Nietzsche - v02 - Early Greek Philosophy |
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