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familiarity

nonsense

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There's a word for that

pornography

doctor

expertise

getting to know someone

William Shakespeare

is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease.

Familiarity is a suspension of almost all the laws of civility, which libertinism has introduced into society under the notion of ease. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is concerned not with a vast body of rules and facts, but rather consist of dispositions to respond to situations in appropriate ways. There is no body of commonsense knowledge to formalize.

For Heidegger, who claims our commonsense understanding is a kind of knowing-how, not a propositional knowing-that, things look even more discouraging for cognitivism.Since our familiaritydoes not consisting avast body of rules and facts, but rather consist of dispositions to respond to situations in appropriate ways, there is no body of commonsense knowledge to formalize. The task is not infinite but hopelessly misguided. (dreyfus 'being in the world' 117-8)

is an enemy of admiration. Nobody speaks of a beautiful view for five minutes.

Nobody speaks of a beautiful view for 5 minutes Robert Louis Stevenson

is an enemy of admiration. nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men.

The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men. Jean de la Bruyere

 may not breed contempt, but it takes off the edge of admiration.

*The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.

is the most wonderful thing of all, once you get used to it.

Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

 breeds acquiescence as well as contempt.

All writing is ultimately a question of solving a problem.

familiarity, n.Memes

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