by awaiting them

English translation: by anticipating them (and, perhaps, forestalling or evading them?)

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English term or phrase:by awaiting them
Selected answer:by anticipating them (and, perhaps, forestalling or evading them?)
Entered by: Charles Davis

07:10 Aug 22, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Philosophy / Jaspers
English term or phrase: by awaiting them
There are different kinds of possible reactions to these antinomies about which one is more
or less conscious. First, he might be destroyed by them, for example, if he wants to fulfil all
antinomies to the point of paralysis from ever acting (Jaspers 1925: 240). Second, he might
dodge the antimonies, for example, by always neutralizing the other contradictory aspect
of something. Or finally, he might gain power. This last kind of reaction is possible in two
ways: one may ignore one aspect of the antinomies and gain power in spite of existing antinomies
*by awaiting them*; or, one may gain power by the existing antinomies.

Whole text here: https://books.google.it/books?id=_TpLAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA285&lpg=P...
Danila Moro
Italy
Local time: 15:34
by anticipating them (and, perhaps, forestalling or evading them?)
Explanation:
This is puzzling at face value, but I suspect that the author was thinking of the German verb "erwarten", which, as well as await, means expect. Perhaps he was thinking of "anticipating" antonomies, in the sense of "seeing them coming": someone might gain power by anticipating antinomies, and thus, by implication, evading them.

But I am not by any means fully confident of having understood what the author is saying.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-08-22 10:52:35 GMT)
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I must admit that this interpretation is quite close to the idea of "dodging" the antonomies, mentioned just before this.

Perhaps the implicit idea here is the "forewarned is forearmed": one can gain power by expecting or anticipating the existing antinomies, so that one is ready to face and overcome them.
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by anticipating them (and, perhaps, forestalling or evading them?)


Explanation:
This is puzzling at face value, but I suspect that the author was thinking of the German verb "erwarten", which, as well as await, means expect. Perhaps he was thinking of "anticipating" antonomies, in the sense of "seeing them coming": someone might gain power by anticipating antinomies, and thus, by implication, evading them.

But I am not by any means fully confident of having understood what the author is saying.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-08-22 10:52:35 GMT)
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I must admit that this interpretation is quite close to the idea of "dodging" the antonomies, mentioned just before this.

Perhaps the implicit idea here is the "forewarned is forearmed": one can gain power by expecting or anticipating the existing antinomies, so that one is ready to face and overcome them.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 15:34
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agree  Jonathan MacKerron: your explanation is much more cogent than the author's chosen wording
32 mins
  -> Thanks, Jonathan! It's the best I can think of :)

agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
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  -> Thanks, Tina :)

agree  acetran
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  -> Thanks, acetran :)
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