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Old December 11, 2010, 09:53 AM
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Discriminando

La frase que sigue incluye quizás una contradicción entre los clasicos y los moderados.Así que no conozco en que se refiere por favor que me ayuden entenderla.El tipo tiene mucho libros y aunque lo quiere no puede deshacerse de algunos de ellos.

"Día y noche mis ojos recorrieron una y otra vez (como decían los clásicos) las vastas hileras, discriminando hasta el cansancio (como decimos los moderados). ¡Qué increíble cantidad de poesía, qué cantidad de novelas, cuántas soluciones sociológicas para los males del mundo1 Se supone que la poesía se escribe para enriquecer el espíritu; que las novelas han sido concebidas, cuando menos, para la distracción; y aun, con optimismo, que las soluciones sociológicas se encaminan a solucionar algo. "
Preguntas. a.porque "discriminando" ?
b.que significa " soluciones sociológicas " se refiere a libros ?
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Discriminando = seleccionando o siendo selectivos.

Soluciones sociológicas = libros y la corriente de pensamiento que ellos llevan, diseminan.
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cuántas soluciones sociológicas = cuantas maneras distintas de solucionar/arreglar los problemas sociales/los problemas del mundo (mediante su forma de pensar/corriente de pensamiento)
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Discriminando = seleccionando o siendo selectivos.

Soluciones sociológicas = libros y la corriente de pensamiento que ellos llevan, diseminan.
Discriminating in English can be used in the same manner, but is more often used in a negative sense in expressions such as racial discrimination.
"By refusing to employ a Somali, he was discriminating against a member of an ethnic minority". Can the verb discriminar be used in the same way in Spanish?
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Discriminating in English can be used in the same manner, but is more often used in a negative sense in expressions such as racial discrimination.
"By refusing to employ a Somali, he was discriminating against a member of an ethnic minority". Can the verb discriminar be used in the same way in Spanish?
Both ways, exactly like in English.
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