3 uses
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Definition
indirect; i.e., not straightforward
- To see him you must see what he saw and when you are trying to see the vision of an insane man, an oblique route is the only way to come at it.Part 1 (89% in)
- All this talk so far about classic and romantic understanding must seem a strangely oblique way of describing him, but to get at Phaedrus, this oblique route is the only one to take.Part 1 (89% in)
- All this talk so far about classic and romantic understanding must seem a strangely oblique way of describing him, but to get at Phaedrus, this oblique route is the only one to take.Part 1 (89% in)
There are no more uses of "oblique" in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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