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John Dewey
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Dynamic equivalence is a central concept in the translation theory, developed by Eugene A. Nida, which has been widely adopted by the United Bible Societies...Purporting to be an academically linguistic concept, it is in fact a sociocultural concept of communication. Its definition is essentially behavourist: determined by external forces, such as society--with strong pragmatist overtones--focusing on the reader rather than the writer. [M]ost twentieth-century American philosophical endeavours a
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― The Lord has preserved His Word: The doctrine of Holy Scripture, its providential preservation and its faithful translation
― The Lord has preserved His Word: The doctrine of Holy Scripture, its providential preservation and its faithful translation
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And, substantially they hope to supplant the “disciplining of the higher faculty of the imagination” by what they call “education for democracy.” ...
The very banality of the expression helps to ensure its triumph. Who could be against education? Who could be against democracy? Yet the phrase begs two questions: What do you mean by “education”? And what do you mean by “democracy”? The school of Dewey has long been fond of capturing words and turning them to their own purposes: they tried hard t
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― Academic Freedom: An Essay in Definition
― Academic Freedom: An Essay in Definition
