All 3 Uses of
cogent
in
The Magic Mountain
- What you say sounds good, and it would be difficult to And any truly cogent objection.†
Chpt 3.9 *cogent = powerfully persuasive
- Hans Castorp's impulse for altruistic enterprise was stronger than his cousin's reluctance—manifest primarily in Joachim's silence and lowered gaze—because, barring an admission of a lack of Christian charity, he had no cogent explanation to offer.†
Chpt 5.8
- There can be no more cogent argument than that.†
Chpt 6.3