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acsampras
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 Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: What does this sentence mean? |
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"Tyranny is the wish to obtain by one means what can only be had by another?"
Is it true that without the context it is hard to understand this sentence?
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damon@English24/7
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Without the context, I had understood it as tyrants like to obtain by force what could be obtained by non-force ways. The sentence quoted is a straight definition, I guess. |
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Mister Micawber
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I agree that the sentence does not seem to need any more context. It is aphoristic.
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