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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:52 am Post subject: for |
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| It was just this sort of questioning that made the ancient sages realize that we must possess a soul. There is something intangible and undefined about us that yet gets born into this world as a visible, defined creation. In the Bbagavad-Gita this aspect is called the "inward dweller" and it is said that fire cannot burn it, water cannot make it wet, wind cannot blow it away, and a sword cannot cut it in two. For all the poetry in that expression, the fact of the soul appears to be undeniable, for stripped of all religious connotations, the essence of each person cannot be reduced to matter or thoughts or any fixed quality. |
1. Is the underlined part correct? If so, please paraphrase it.
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IanT
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, correct. "for", here, is used to mean "because".
A paraphrase might be:
"... because, with all the religious ideas removed..."
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PeterAlex
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| Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| Answer: "for divested of all religious connotations" |
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