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Definition
from another point of view; or in a way that is different (a phrase used to introduce a different perspective or idea)
- A motorcycle mechanic, on the other hand, who honks the horn to see if the battery works is informally conducting a true scientific experiment.Part 2 (14% in)
- He on the other hand felt fanatically obliged to do something about it.Part 2 (64% in)
- Originality on the other hand could get you anything...from A to F. The whole grading system cautioned against it.Part 3 (4% in)
- On the other hand, if Quality is subjective, existing only in the observer, then this Quality that you make so much of is just a fancy name for whatever you like.Part 3 (30% in)
- On the other hand is classic formalism, which insists that what isn't understood intellectually isn't understood at all.Part 3 (34% in)
- On the other hand, technology based on pure dualistic reason has also been condemned because it obtains these material advantages by turning the world into a stylized garbage dump.Part 3 (75% in)
- 'Virtue,' at least in modern English, is almost entirely a moral word; areté, on the other hand, is used indifferently in all the categories, and simply means excellence.Part 4 (60% in)
There are no more uses of "on the other hand" in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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