All 4 Uses of
alternative
in
Man And Superman
- We must either breed political capacity or be ruined by Democracy, which was forced on us by the failure of the older alternatives.†
Chpt Ded. *
- …good far nothing; but there are also men who are there because they are strongminded enough to disregard the social convention (obviously not a disinterested one on the part of the ratepayer) which bids a man live by heavy and badly paid drudgery when he has the alternative of walking into the workhouse, announcing himself as a destitute person, and legally compelling the Guardians to feed, clothe and house him better than he could feed, clothe and house himself without great exertion.†
Chpt 3
- Were he a gentleman doing his best to get a pension or a sinecure instead of sweeping a crossing, nobody would blame him; for deciding that so long as the alternative lies between living mainly at the expense of the community and allowing the community to live mainly at his, it would be folly to accept what is to him personally the greater of the two evils.†
Chpt 3
- [to Don Juan] You have been so eloquent on the advantages of my dominions that I leave you to do equal justice to the drawbacks of the alternative establishment.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(alternative as in: an alternative plan) something available as another possibility