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D.Postures or withdraws to noxious stimuli Occasional nonpurposeful movement
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To reduce the pur - poseful activity of living things to the nonpurposeful action of material particles was Epicurus 'mode of reasoning as it is the modern geneticist's.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas DAVID JORAVSKY 1968
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"They don't understand that what Americans need is more nonrational, nonpurposeful interaction with people with whom they have no natural common cause."
Sprawled Out: The Search for Community in the American Suburb 2009
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"They don't understand that what Americans need is more nonrational, nonpurposeful interaction with people with whom they have no natural common cause."
Sprawled Out: The Search for Community in the American Suburb 2009
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This is usually translated as "inaction" or "non-action," but more highly nuanced and fanciful translations such as "nonpurposeful action," "effortless doing," etc. are also to be found.
Language Log 2009
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"They don't understand that what Americans need is more nonrational, nonpurposeful interaction with people with whom they have no natural common cause."
Sprawled Out: The Search for Community in the American Suburb 2009
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"They don't understand that what Americans need is more nonrational, nonpurposeful interaction with people with whom they have no natural common cause."
Sprawled Out: The Search for Community in the American Suburb 2009
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"They don't understand that what Americans need is more nonrational, nonpurposeful interaction with people with whom they have no natural common cause."
Sprawled Out: The Search for Community in the American Suburb 2009
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"They don't understand that what Americans need is more nonrational, nonpurposeful interaction with people with whom they have no natural common cause."
Sprawled Out: The Search for Community in the American Suburb 2009
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"They don't understand that what Americans need is more nonrational, nonpurposeful interaction with people with whom they have no natural common cause."
Sprawled Out: The Search for Community in the American Suburb 2009
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