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Science - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Sexuality | | French term or phrase: anomalies apparentes | Hello,
I'd like to know your opinions on the phrase below, taken from "Ainsi s'expliquent certaines **anomalies apparentes** que l'on remarque dans le caractère de certains hommes et de certaines femmes", considering the ambiguity of the word apparent in English:
apparent - http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/apparent?...
adjective /əˈpær.ənt//-ˈper-/
Definition
• able to be seen or understood
Her unhappiness was apparent to everyone.
[+ that ] It was becoming increasingly apparent that he could no longer look after himself.
I was on the metro this morning when for no apparent reason the man opposite suddenly screamed.
• [before noun] seeming to exist or be true
There are one or two apparent discrepancies between the two reports.
She has this apparent innocence which, I suspect, she uses to her advantage.
SOURCE/CONTEXT - Article on the Revue Spirite, written in 1866
"Si cette influence se répercute de la vie corporelle à la vie spirituelle, il en est de même lorsque l'Esprit passe de la vie spirituelle à la vie corporelle. Dans une nouvelle incarnation, il apportera le caractère et les inclinations qu'il avait comme Esprit ; s'il est avancé, il fera un homme avancé ; s'il est arriéré, il fera un homme arriéré. En changeant de sexe, il pourra donc, sous cette impression et dans sa nouvelle incarnation, conserver les goûts, les penchants et le caractère inhérents au sexe qu'il vient de quitter. Ainsi s'expliquent certaines **anomalies apparentes** que l'on remarque dans le caractère de certains hommes et de certaines femmes." (Allan Kardec)
(Complete text: http://www.oconsolador.com.br/linkfixo/bibliotecavirtual/fra...
In short:
Does the French phrase mean:
Visible anomalies
OR
anomalies that seeming to exist
THANK YOU!
Abraços
Paula |
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