“An indirect quotation we can usually expect to rate only as better or worse, more or less faithful, and we cannot even hope for astrict standard of more and less; what is involved is evaluation, relative to special purposes, of an essentially dramatic act.”
This book delves into the nature of language and its impact on human cognition, offering a comprehensive analysis of the structure and function of words and objects in language. more
Willard Van Orman Quine was an American philosopher known for his work in logic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of language. He is considered one of the leading analytic philosophers of the 20th century. more
“One man's antinomy is another man's falsidical paradox, give or take a couple of thousand years.”
“. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions.”
“Poverty makes people do reckless things, but [the rich] do worse to protect their [interests]”
“The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull: At some point, a pit bull does stop whining.”