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day 9how we think

unit 2 · ideas & arguments

    how we think

    Concede a point in formal Korean with -을지라도, and talk about ideas and values: 사고, 세계관, 윤리, 보편적, 본질적, 이성적.

    today’s words

    • 사고 sago · thinking, thought
    • 사상 sasang · thought, ideas, ideology
    • 이성적 iseongjeok · rational
    • 이론적 ironjeok · theoretical
    • 합리 hamni · rationality, reason
    • 이치 ichi · reason, logic (of things)
    • 세계관 segyegwan · world view
    • 철학적 cheolhakjeok · philosophical
    • 윤리 yulli · ethics, morals
    • 주관 jugwan · your own view, subjectivity
    • 성향 seonghyang · tendency, disposition
    • 사유 sayu · reason, grounds (formal)
    • 의의 uiui · significance, meaning
    • 실재 siljae · real existence (실재하다)
    • 근원 geunwon · root, source, origin
    • 본질적 bonjiljeok · essential, fundamental
    • 보편적 bopyeonjeok · universal, general
    • 보편화 bopyeonhwa · becoming widespread (보편화되다)
    • 전형적 jeonhyeongjeok · typical, classic
    • 공통적 gongtongjeok · common, shared
    • 대조적 daejojeok · contrasting, opposite
    • 유사 yusa · similar (유사하다)
    • 주의 juui · -ism, principle
    • -하 -ha · under (suffix: 지도하)

    sentences

    • 실패할지라도 도전하는 것 자체에 의의가 있다. · Even if you fail, there is value in the attempt itself.
    • 비가 올지라도 행사는 예정대로 진행된다. · Even if it rains, the event will go ahead as planned.
    • 결석한 사유를 서류에 써 주십시오. · Please write the reason for your absence on the form.
    • 근대 서양에서는 합리주의가 중심 사상이 되었다. · In the modern West, rationalism became the central school of thought.
    • 소설 속에서 끝까지 홀로 싸운 그 인물은 실재했던 사람이다. · That character in the novel, who fought on alone to the end, was a person who really existed.