If you are familiar with allusions to the "sword of Damocles," you may know that to feel that the sword of Damocles is hanging over you is to have a sense of anxiety, of impending doom. The reference is to a st
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References to “The Sword of Damocles” can be found in an anecdote related by Roman orator Cicero who used it in his Tusculanae Disputationes, 5. 61,[1] thus passing the story into the European cultural mainstream after which it became an allegory steeped in irony for the perils associated...
sword of Damocles Impending danger or doom. The term comes from the same Greek legend about Damocles that gave us hang by a thread. Although the story illustrates the insecurity of power and high position, in later applications the term was used to signify any kind of impending misfortune. Se...
"I did not live with an ill man," she said at his funeral. "Even though the sword of Damocles hung over us constantly, we carried on making plans…traveling, even if it was challenging sometimes, like having radiation therapy at 8 a.m. and then heading to Vancouver, Canada by noon....
Taleb likens the fragile to the story of the Sword of Damocles. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this Greek myth, Damocles was a courtier of King Dionysius II who greatly envied the king’s life of power and luxury. The king offers to let him try out holding the throne, so...
让步论点:负面主题 seemingly has no ground for harsh judgement / counts no serious misdeed, but when subjected to careful reflection, it will prove to be the sword of Damocles threatening the long-term development / wellbeing of many individuals and even the nation as a whole. 万能例子: The ...
that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a British-trained ophthalmologist and self-styled reformer, would go down in the manner of the Ben Ali regime in Tunisia, the Mubarak regime in Egypt, and eventually, the Qaddafi regime in Libya. But Syria's story would turn out ...
breaking computer scientist at the University of Utah who in 1965 first described a head-mounted display with half-silvered mirrors that let the wearer see a virtual world superimposed on the real world. In 1968 he was able to demonstrate the concept, which was dubbed "The Sword of Damocles....
The story ofCyberpunk 2077‘s development and release should dangle above the industry’s head like a Sword of Damocles. Instead, we’re left to marvel at the stunning loyalty of those whose capacity for forgiveness is so great that they’re willing to put a game on the pedestal for fina...