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«When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense»
Author: Edward Abbey
(Writer)
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Arguments,
Philosophy
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attempting, complicated, opaque, philosopher, plainly, tedious, The Philosopher, true to
«When you are describing A shape, or sound, or tint; Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things With a sort of mental squint»
Author: Lewis Carroll
(Logician, Mathematician, Novelist, Photographer)
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describing, hint, hinted, hinting, hints, mental, plainly, shape, sort, sort of, sound, squint, squinting, squints, the matter, tint, tinted, tints
«We ought, indeed, to expect occasional obscurity in such a book at the Bible . . . but God's wisdom is a pledge that whatever is necessary for us , and necessary for salvation, is revealed too plainly to be mistaken.»
Author: William Ellery Channing
(Author, Clergyman)
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mistaken, obscurity, occasional, plainly, pledge, revealed
«The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.»
«The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation.»
«The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact. He calls his employment by its lowest name, and so takes from evil tongues their sharpest weapon. His conversation clings to the weather and the news, yet he allows himself to be surprised into thought, and the unlocking of his learning and philosophy.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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allows, avoids, brag, clings, dresses, employment, hugs, lowest, man of the world, performs, plainly, pretension, sharp tongue, speaks in, The Mark, The Mark of, The News, tone, tongues, unlocking
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