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[ noun ] a mental position from which things are viewed
Synonyms Examples "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians" "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events" Used in print (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)It will be recalled from the discussion in Section 7 that the position of the `` right '' , as represented by Barth , rests_on the following thesis : The only tenable alternative to Bultmann 's position is a theology that ( 1 ) rejects or at_least qualifies his unconditioned demand for demythologization and existential interpretation ; ( 2 ) accepts instead a special biblical hermeneutics or method of interpretation ; and ( 3 ) in so doing , frees itself to give appropriate emphasis to the event Jesus_Christ by means of statements that , from Bultmann 's point_of_view , are mythological . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)It is an understandable paradox that most American history and most American literature is today written from an essentially egocentric and isolationistic point_of_view at the very time America is spreading her dominion over palm and pine . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)The opposition to this point_of_view has its staunchest support in the work of Miller ( ' 50 ) . (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)Therefore , he decided he was unfair to the young_man and should make an effort to understand and sympathize with his point_of_view . |
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[ noun ] the spatial property of the position from which something is observed
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