Problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable

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A Methodist minister attempting to choose between two women who pull him in different directions. Mezzotint after J. Collet.

King George III sits in his library pondering which advice to accept: to govern by law or by force. Engraving, 1771.

Dilemmas / by Gilbert Ryle.

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Dilemmas / by Gilbert Ryle.

A Methodist minister attempting to choose between two women who pull him in different directions. Mezzotint after J. Collet.

King George III sits in his library pondering which advice to accept: to govern by law or by force. Engraving, 1771.