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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | French term or phrase: sur le mode du potentiel | 'Quel que soit le scénario sous-jacent à cette scène offerte sur le mode du potentiel dans des vers une fois encore très fragmentaire, centrale est à nouveau, dans l’expression poétique du désir érotique, la fluidité du regard qui liquéfie.' What does the phrase 'sur le mode du potential' mean in this sentence?
Context is an academic article about archaic Greek poetry by a Swiss professor. |
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| | English translation:as a potentiality | Explanation:
As something possible, as a potential reality.
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