immanence
(en)
philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world
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one of many moments suggesting transcendence through immanence
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one of many moments suggesting transcendence through immanence
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figurant
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an originally French word that means extra (as in a theatrical production); related words "unfiguranted" and "figurantless" mean "without anonymous extras" (where everyone is a protagonist of sorts)
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to reinforce the sense that the anonymous many (the figurants?) who make up his audience had a place in his text
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to reinforce the sense that the anonymous many (the figurants?) who make up his audience had a place in his text
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Thoreauvian
(en)
refering to Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American writer and philosopher, or his writings; his best known book is "Walden," which praised nature, simplicity, and the importance of living an authentic, deliberate life
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endorsement of essentially Thoreauvian economic values
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endorsement of essentially Thoreauvian economic values
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sundered
(en)
(verb) to break apart or in two; separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space / (verb) to become parted, disunited, or severed
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the American social contract is being sundered
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the American social contract is being sundered
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imbroglio
(en)
an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation
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Fogle endures a legal imbroglio after his father's death
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Fogle endures a legal imbroglio after his father's death
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somatic
(en)
(adjective) of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm or the psyche / (adjective) of or relating to the wall of the body; parietal / (noun) one of the cells of the body that compose the tissues, organs, and parts of that individual other than the germ cells
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another suggestion that somatic costs and monetary compensation do not balance
referring to a quote of DFW's dismissing the idea of being paid to undergo pain (i.e., taking an advance on a book)
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another suggestion that somatic costs and monetary compensation do not balance
referring to a quote of DFW's dismissing the idea of being paid to undergo pain (i.e., taking an advance on a book)
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solecism
(en)
a grammatical mistake in speech or writing
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Solecisms are always meaningful in Wallace
forgot what it meant
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Solecisms are always meaningful in Wallace
forgot what it meant
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Bellerophon
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a hero in Greek mythology whose greatest feat was killing the Chimera
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a print of the seal [...] shows "the mythic hero Bellerophon slaying the Chimera [...]"
quoted from TPK
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a print of the seal [...] shows "the mythic hero Bellerophon slaying the Chimera [...]"
quoted from TPK
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hew
(en)
(verb) to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument / (verb) to fell by blows of an ax / (verb) to give form or shape to with or as if with heavy cutting blows / (verb) to make cutting blows / (verb) conform adhere / (abbreviation) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare / (verb) to hew (as timber) coarsely without smoothing or finishing / (verb) to form crudely
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Wallace's IRS heroes hew toward transcendence through immanence, down in their holes
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Wallace's IRS heroes hew toward transcendence through immanence, down in their holes
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immanence
(en)
philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world
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Wallace's IRS heroes hew toward transcendence through immanence, down in their holes
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Wallace's IRS heroes hew toward transcendence through immanence, down in their holes
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