by
Francis Mulhern
(editor)
Lives on the Left: A Group Portrait
Lives on the Left: A Group Portrait
by
Francis Mulhern
(editor)
by
Francis Mulhern
(editor)
Lives on the Left: A Group Portrait
by
Francis Mulhern
(editor)
by
Francis Mulhern
(editor)
fideist
(en)
(noun) reliance on faith rather than reason in pursuit of religious truth
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the youthful fideist he had been
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the youthful fideist he had been
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protean
(en)
(adjective) of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms / (adjective) displaying great diversity or variety; versatile
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Karl Korsch (1886–1961) came up through the protean socialist culture of pre-First World War Germany and Europe
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Karl Korsch (1886–1961) came up through the protean socialist culture of pre-First World War Germany and Europe
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salutary
(en)
(adjective) producing a beneficial effect; remedial / (adjective) promoting health; curative
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This caution remains especially salutary today, against the facile chorus of those on the Left who have suddenly discovered ‘capitalism’ or ‘fascism’ in the USSR.
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This caution remains especially salutary today, against the facile chorus of those on the Left who have suddenly discovered ‘capitalism’ or ‘fascism’ in the USSR.
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pleonasm
(en)
(noun) the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense (as in the man he said); redundancy
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they lack devotion to the idea of revolutionary Marxism. Though that phrase has always struck me as a pleonasm—for me it was always a given that any Marxism would have to be revolutionary.
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they lack devotion to the idea of revolutionary Marxism. Though that phrase has always struck me as a pleonasm—for me it was always a given that any Marxism would have to be revolutionary.
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fulguration
(en)
(noun) the act or process of flashing like lightning / (noun) electrodesiccation
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He later wrote that he often had fulgurating intuitions, akin to a dazzling bolt of lightning in which one simultaneously sees nothing and sees everything
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He later wrote that he often had fulgurating intuitions, akin to a dazzling bolt of lightning in which one simultaneously sees nothing and sees everything
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catechism
(en)
a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of Christians
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a hallucinating collective catechism which resounds from one end of China to the other
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a hallucinating collective catechism which resounds from one end of China to the other
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trammeled
(en)
(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine
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It is evident that completely untrammelled initiatives can lead to a sort of madness.
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It is evident that completely untrammelled initiatives can lead to a sort of madness.
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chary
(en)
(adjective) dear treasured / (adjective) ; discreetly cautious; as / (adjective) hesitant and vigilant about dangers and risks / (adjective) slow to grant, accept, or expend
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but my experience of working in an Engineering department, with its sense for pragmatic solutions, has made me chary of doomsday prophesies
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but my experience of working in an Engineering department, with its sense for pragmatic solutions, has made me chary of doomsday prophesies
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