ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ABSTRUSE
From Latin abstrūsus thrust away, concealed, from abs-ab-1 + trūdere to thrust.
2 QUOTES WITH «ABSTRUSE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
abstruse.
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.
For poets today or in any age, the choice is not between freedom on the one hand and abstruse French forms on the other. The choice is between the nullity and vanity of our first efforts, and the developing of a sense of idiom, form, structure, metre, rhythm, line - all the fundamental characteristics of this verbal art.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABSTRUSE»
Discover the use of
abstruse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
abstruse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Kalpana M. Naghnoor. Kalpana M. Naghnoor ABSTRUSE Kalpana M. Naghnoor
Copyright © 2009 by Kalpana M. Front Cover.
Kalpana M. Naghnoor, 2009
2
Great
Abstruse Authors: Who They Were and Are
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
The new edition also presents further improvements and surprises, among them a new proof for "Hilbert's Third Problem".From the Reviews:".
Martin Aigner, Karl H. Hofmann, Günter M. Ziegler, 2010
4
An Illustration of Those Two
Abstruse Books in Holy ...
By Continued, Brief, But Clear Notes, from Chapter to Chapter, and from Verse to
Verse: with Very Usefull and Apposite Arguments Prefixt to Each Chapter Henry
More. can-this be,but that new fern/him whose name is writ on the Philadelphian
...
5
New Dictionary of Astrology: In Which All Technical and ...
This reference work intimately explains and illustrated all technical and abstruse terms used in the textbooks of the science.
6
Deleuze's Hume: Philosophy, Culture and the Scottish ...
To restate these arguments with Hume's terminology in mind, we can say that
Hume's new scene of thought exemplifies 'abstruse thinking.' This abstruse
thought is irreducible to the givens of the situation and it forever risks, when not
handled ...
7
Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
Abstruse. Curious. Recondite. As applied to matters of knowledge or learning,
that is Abstruse (abs- trusus, thrust away, and so hidden) which is removed from
common or easy understanding, as abstruse ideas, abstruse learning, or
abstruse ...
8
A Dissertation on the theology of the Chinese, with a view ...
The paraphrase on this section, is as follows : "The Kwei Shins, being invisible
and inaudible, may be said to be abstruse, whilst entering into all things without
exception, they are also manifest. But how can they be abstruse and at the same
...
Walter Henry Medhurst, 1847
9
Philosophical Melancholy and Delirium: Hume's Pathology of ...
The same theme appears in the first Enquiry in the distinction between the "
abstruse" philosophy and the "easy and humane," where the former is required to
submit to the latter (EU, 9, 16). In none of this is Hume saying that the vulgar, the
...
Donald W. Livingston, 1998
10
Philologia Anglicana: or, a Philological and synonymical ...
So spake our Sire, and, by his count'nance, seem'd Ent'tring'on studious thoughts
abstruse." Ibid. L'. viii. \ ABSTRU'SELY, adv. [from abstruse] In an abstruse
manner ; as l. “ He expressed himself so abstrusely." 2.- “ The sentence of the
oracle ...
Benjamin DAWSON (Rector of Burgh, Suffolk.), 1806
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABSTRUSE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
abstruse is used in the context of the following news items.
Why Greeks Are Scratching Their Heads Over Vote
But even this is more complicated than at first it looks: the bailout terms were extraordinarily long and abstruse, with ten sections, each with ... «Pirate FM, Jul 15»
Film review: The Falling
Sometimes the abstruse nature of the film compels you to stick with it, if nothing else, to see what happens. Masquerading as a mystery set in ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
GREEK REFERENDUM: How Should Today Work?
“The bailout terms were extraordinarily long and abstruse, with ten sections, each with multiple sub-sections and clauses, all in complicated ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
Heaven on earth: The multiverse made of rock and grass
Moulding a landscape to explore some of the most abstruse concepts in cosmology might seem odd, but it is not new. It's hard to speak with ... «New Scientist, Jul 15»
Author Q&A: Michael Hiltzik
A: First of all, he was working in what has become a pretty abstruse field (high energy particle physics). To the extent he was a major figure in ... «U-T San Diego, Jul 15»
Uncertainty and fear grip a divided Greece ahead of referendum
The actual question on the ballot is almost comically abstruse: “Should the deal draft that was put forward by the European Commission, the ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
Late writer Dave Godfrey created three publishing houses
Whatever the reason, his later writing was very experimental, very abstruse, as if he'd lost interest in the storytelling part of fiction. Perhaps it ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
Rundle: Labor's gay marriage obsession proves the ALP is done
IMO Guy was attempting to be abstruse about an issue that really shouldn't be a big problem to deal with. That for people like Erica and that ... «Crikey, Jul 15»
Hou Hsiao-Hsien on The Assassin
The movie examines a killer whose motives and manipulations, like so many others in the story, can be abstruse. But the movie's feel might ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Remembrances of Ben J. Wattenberg, 1933-2015
He made these topics and guests, which and whom others regarded as too abstruse for television, interesting to a wide audience, largely by his ... «American Enterprise Institute, Jul 15»
