Chan-Seung Lee
Joined: 03 Dec 2005
Posts: 1032
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 Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:32 pm Post subject: school |
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The old brain is reflected in a God who seems not to possess much in the way of higher functions. He is primordial and largely unforgiving. He knows who his enemies are; he doesn�t come from the school of forgive and forget. If we list his attributes, which many would trace back to the Old Testament, the God of stage one is
Vengeful
Capricious
Quick to anger
Jealous
Judgmental � meting out reward and punishment
Unfathomable
Sometimes merciful
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1. What does 'school' mean?
--- * the way of thinking'?
2. Can I think the author is using a verb 'forgive and forget' instead of a noun in order to emphasize it ?
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askeladd
Joined: 05 Jan 2010
Posts: 89
Location: Chicago area, USA
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 2:34 am Post subject: Re: school |
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| Chan-Seung Lee wrote: |
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The old brain is reflected in a God who seems not to possess much in the way of higher functions. He is primordial and largely unforgiving. He knows who his enemies are; he doesn�t come from the school of forgive and forget. If we list his attributes, which many would trace back to the Old Testament, the God of stage one is
Vengeful
Capricious
Quick to anger
Jealous
Judgmental � meting out reward and punishment
Unfathomable
Sometimes merciful
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1. What does 'school' mean?
--- * the way of thinking'?
2. Can I think the author is using a verb 'forgive and forget' instead of a noun in order to emphasize it ?
Thanks. |
Think of "school" as "a way of learning," or "that which teaches you." So "the school of X" is just another way of saying "it was X that taught me this" or "I learned from from my experiences with X." Most often, we see this in the expression "the school of hard knocks" (= learning from your personal experiences, especially negative experiences, where you made mistakes).
In this particular instance, "the school of forgive and forget" the author means that this is the particular philosophy that doesn't describe or characterize God (since "he doesn't come from the school of forgive and forget").
The phrase "forgive and forget" is a saying or philosophy that means that we should not hold a grudge against someone, but we should forget the past wrongs that people have done to us, so we can move forward into the future, unburdened by thoughts of revenge and the like.
Hope this helps 
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