Questions of the Day - Sept 14th
Mandarin Question: ”非驴非马“是什么意思？
English Question: “It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.” Who said this and what does he mean?
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Permalink Reply by jiahuaschool on -
The name is right Rachel - Alfred North Whitehead.
but try to use English to describe to me in your own words, what his meaning is.
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Permalink Reply by Rachel on -
usually people take the obvious things for granted ,but only the unusual people see deep meanings from these obvious things
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Permalink Reply by Eric Velouria on -
I would not say "deep meanings" from obvious things. "Analysis" does not mean to see deep meaning. I am not very familiar with the works of Whitehead but I am very familiar with a protege of his. There is more meaning to it. Keep thinking....
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Permalink Reply by jiahuaschool on
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Faye is not in yet this morning - I will wait for her arrival to double confirm that your answer is fully correct! :)
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Permalink Reply by Eric Velouria on
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By "Unusual" he means "Remarkable" or "Genius". He means that the obvious or the normal is not necessarily what is right or the way things should be. He means we should think for ourselves and questions that which most people would not even think of questioning.
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