| The author refuses to submit to a life of reason and science, which he equates with the incogitant passivity of a "piano-key." |
| Surrender is not the same as shirking one's responsibilities or assumption of passivity. |
| Paternalism fosters passivity and dependence, saps self confidence, and undermines people's ability to cope. |
| To that extent, the duteousness and passivity implied by the Protestant work ethic are truly dead. |
| Rather than fortitude, courage or conviction, his morality play teaches resignation, passivity and submission. |
| Their airs of passivity and wearied victimization are part of their obsessive rerunning of the past. |
