GR translation: An abandoned and mathematical look

Paul Mackin mackin.paul at verizon.net
Thu Jul 7 08:47:46 CDT 2011


On 7/7/2011 2:59 AM, Mike Jing wrote:
> P93.7-8  An abandoned and mathematical look: stripped to the force-vectors ...
>
> abandoned:
> 1. forsaken or deserted: an abandoned building; an abandoned kitten. 2. unrestrained or uncontrolled; uninhibited: She danced with abandoned enthusiasm. 3. utterly lacking in moral restraints; shameless; wicked: an abandoned and dissolute ruler.
> The published translation went with #3.  That cannot be right, can it?  Which meaning makes the most sense?
>   		 	   		
I think I'd take a clue from "stripped to the force vectors."

Abandoned in the sense of being stripped of materiality, abstracted, 
skeletal.

So, number 1.

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