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53 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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53 months ago

   wrote:

As chance would have it

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53 months ago

Charles Ferguson   wrote:

as if by ineluctable divine intervention

My comment:

I included the word "divine" as the union is essentially spiritual. On the other hand, the word "ineluctable" may be a bit over the top

53 months ago

Charles Ferguson   wrote:

Like sudden unavoidable incidence

53 months ago

English -French - English medical, scientific ++   wrote:

as if by inevitable coincidence/chance

My comment:

As if by inevitable chance/coincidence, the mystical MARRIAGE of SAINT CATHERINE and the CALVAIRE of Mantegna arrived together in Louvigny, inseparable and different like two sides of the same religious medal.

53 months ago

CMD   wrote:

as by unavoidable coincidence

My comment:

https://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-fate-and-vs-coincidence/

53 months ago

martynback   wrote:

as if decreed by fate

My comment:

the idea of "inévitable" is encapsulated in the word "fate".

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53 months ago

   wrote:

I really like your interpretation. Thanks.

53 months ago

MatthewHallisy   wrote:

I agree. If it were "hasard" alone, there might be a different connotation (maybe "coincidence" or "chance"), but the combination of "hasard inévitable" can't really have much other of a connotation than the idea of "fate".

53 months ago

MatthewHallisy   wrote:

OK. but what about the oxymoron? Is there a way of keeping it?

53 months ago

martynback   wrote:

Haha I don't know - I think I'd leave it at that. In any case (being a contrary soul) I'd argue it's a pleonasm - chance is inevitable...when it happens!