antidote to human drive

**18-06-2008, 15:00**

Moreover, this rule is much-needed to antidote to the human drive to butt things head-on.
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**eastender** · **18-06-2008, 15:19**

to butt things head on is smt. like "to deal with the situation radically", or "take on" .

therefore, sentence is suggesting that the rule( whatever that is) puts a stop to human drive or acts against to human drive.

this is what i undersood.

**18-06-2008, 16:01**

I suppose to butt things head-on is the human drive which needs an antidote. The context implies so. Therefore it needs to be meaning something other than "to deal with the situation radically", or "take on". Perhaps something like "wanting to progress fast" or "taking things in reverse order" etc.

**ALI-KARABULUT** · **18-06-2008, 16:03**

Alıntı:

to butt things head-on

Olayları/meseleleri/sorunları vs. >> karşılaştırmak, yüz yüz getirmek

**eastender** · **18-06-2008, 16:36**

i would like to start again by pointing out that grammatical construction of the sentence suggests that it is rule that butting things head on and it is rule that is an antidote to the human drive.
yes, you are correct in saying "taking things in reverse order etc". but the rule by butting things head on causing this.

**ALI-KARABULUT** · **18-06-2008, 16:49**

Alıntı:

eastender tarafından gönderildi

i would like to start again by pointing out that grammatical construction of the sentence suggests that it is rule that butting things head on and it is rule that is an antidote to the human drive.
yes, you are correct in saying "taking things in reverse order etc". but the rule by butting things head on causing this.

Alıntı:

Moreover, this rule is much-needed to antidote to the human drive to butt things head-on.

Let me translate the whole sententence ... This is what I understood.

- Dahası, meselelerin karşılaştırımasında bu kurala insanî dürtülere çare olması için/bakımından çok ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır.

- Dahası, meselelerin kıyaslanmasında bu kurala insanî dürtülere çare olması için/bakımından çok ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır.

Usage Note: Antidote may be followed by to, for, or against: an antidote to boredom; an antidote for snakebite; an antidote against inflation.