All 8 Uses
passive
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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- You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame.†
Part 1 *
- So far it's still mostly a passive resistance, flights into the rural areas when they are possible and things like that, but it doesn't always have to be this passive.†
Part 1
- So far it's still mostly a passive resistance, flights into the rural areas when they are possible and things like that, but it doesn't always have to be this passive.†
Part 1
- If you presume that the a priori concepts in our heads are independent of what we see and actually screen what we see, this means that you are taking the old Aristotelian concept of scientific man as a passive observer, a "blank tablet," and truly turning this concept inside out.†
Part 2
- Whereas photographs of Phaedrus' face during this period show alienation and aggression...a member of his department had half jokingly called it a "subversive" look...some photographs of DeWeese from the same period show a face that is quite passive, almost serene, except for a mild questioning expression.†
Part 2
- It does not just passively illuminate them.†
Part 3
- The right facts, the ones we really need, are not only passive, they are damned elusive, and we're not going to just sit back and "observe" them.†
Part 3
- Nor is he the passive observer of all things, as the objective idealists and materialists would say.†
Part 4
Definitions:
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(passive as in: she remained passive) accepting what happens without trying to take control or reacting strongly
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(passive as in: written using the passive voice) grammar: where the subject receives the action rather than doing it"The dog chased the cat." is written in the active voice where the dog is doing the action. "The cat was chased by the dog" is written in the passive voice where the cat is receiving the action.
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More specialized senses of the word are found in chemistry, physics, electronics, and communications. All senses have to do with inactivity.