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Chapter IV

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"There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"
"A true Aristotelian fallacy!
Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!
Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"
"Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"
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Chapter IV

Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"
Line 2
"A true Aristotelian fallacy!
Line 3
Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!
Line 4
Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"
Line 5
"Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Above preposition US /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading “Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"”

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"”

Ever noun US /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “"Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"”

Must modal verb US /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “"There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “"Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"”

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "A true Aristotelian fallacy!

aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"

actual

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From this reading Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!

all

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From this reading "There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!

Aristotelian

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From this reading "A true Aristotelian fallacy!

basic

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From this reading "There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"

basis

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From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"

Bill

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From this reading Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"

certain

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From this reading "There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"

cultures

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From this reading "There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

Dr

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From this reading Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

evernounUS /ever/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!

fallacy

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From this reading "A true Aristotelian fallacy!

Form

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From this reading Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!

judgement

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From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

justify

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From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

matter

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From this reading Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading "There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"

ontology

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From this reading Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"

own

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From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

people

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From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

potential

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From this reading Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!

principles

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From this reading "There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"

reality

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From this reading Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!

rise

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From this reading Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"

Surely

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From this reading Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Form is actual reality, matter is potential reality and the form is ever in the matter!

There

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From this reading "There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "There must be certain principles basic to all cultures!"

true

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From this reading "A true Aristotelian fallacy!

value

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From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Surely, Dr. Bill, you can rise above such ontology!"

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Can you justify what you have done to these people even from your own value judgement basis?"