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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 5:12 am Post subject: divide |
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| Jehovah succeeded because he exemplified a world that was fast evolving � the world of competition and ambition. Raw power is violent, while the power achieved through ambition is subtle. At the level of survival, you get the food you need by stealing it from others; sex is connected with rape or the stealing of women from another tribe. The God of stage two doesn�t condone rape and pillage, however; he has structured a hierarchical world, one in which you can appeal to the king or the judge to settle who owns the crops and whose wife is legitimate. The struggle to bring in laws to replace sheer might divides stage one and stage two, although there is always the threat of reversion. Power addicts you to getting what you want, exposes you to the temptation to trample other people�s needs according to the rule that might makes right. To prevent this we have a new God, an omnipotent judge who threatens even the most powerful king with retribution if he goes too far. |
I think 'divides stage one and stage two' doesn't make sense. Instead, I think 'divides into stage one and stage two' is correct.
Could you tell me my opinion is right or wrong?
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Lorikeet
Joined: 08 Oct 2005
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Location: San Francisco
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 10:53 pm Post subject: Re: divide |
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| Jehovah succeeded because he exemplified a world that was fast evolving � the world of competition and ambition. Raw power is violent, while the power achieved through ambition is subtle. At the level of survival, you get the food you need by stealing it from others; sex is connected with rape or the stealing of women from another tribe. The God of stage two doesn�t condone rape and pillage, however; he has structured a hierarchical world, one in which you can appeal to the king or the judge to settle who owns the crops and whose wife is legitimate. The struggle to bring in laws to replace sheer might divides stage one and stage two, although there is always the threat of reversion. Power addicts you to getting what you want, exposes you to the temptation to trample other people�s needs according to the rule that might makes right. To prevent this we have a new God, an omnipotent judge who threatens even the most powerful king with retribution if he goes too far. |
I think 'divides stage one and stage two' doesn't make sense. Instead, I think 'divides into stage one and stage two' is correct.
Could you tell me my opinion is right or wrong?
Thanks. |
In this case I don't think "divides into" is correct. Stage one and two already exist, and are not created from something else. In this case, "divides stage one and stage two" means "separates stage one and stage two."
Does that make sense to you? |
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