| 单词 | buridan's ass |
| 释义 | Buridan's ass/ (ˈbjʊərɪdənz) / nounphilosophy an example intended to show the deficiency of reason. An ass standing equidistant from two identical heaps of oats starves to death because reason provides no grounds for choosing to eat one rather than the other Word Origin for Buridan's assnamed after Jean Buridan, 14th-century French philosopher, to whom it was incorrectly attributed Words nearby Buridan's assBuri, burial, burial ground, burial mound, Buriat, Buridan's ass, buried flap, buried suture, burier, burin, Burj Dubai Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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