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Перевод: Procrustes

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Тезаурус:

1. Flew (1981) (3.2), in the extract from his book The Politics of Procrustes , differs from Williams.
2. To adopt such a pedagogy is to follow the example of Procrustes who, it will be recalled, would either stretch his guests on a rack or cut pieces off their lower limbs so that they would fit his bed.
3. He also points out that a commitment to equality implies also a commitment to a state which will push everybody around until they are equal - Procrustes was a figure in Greek mythology who forced all those he came across to become the same height, either by chopping bits off or by using a rack to stretch their legs.