Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?
- In plain terms
- A puzzling inquiry into why something is the way it is.
- What can you take from it?
- Seek underlying reasons for observed facts.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does 'thusness' imply?
- How to clarify vague questions?
Another view
The phrasing is redundant and unclear.
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