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“What we do is to bring words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use.”

Use Everyday Metaphysical Everyday Use

Book:Philosophical Investigations

Source: Philosophical Investigations

“When philosophers use a word--"knowledge," "being," "object," "I," "proposition," "name"--and try to grasp the essence of the thing, one must always ask oneself: is the word ever actually used in this way in the language-game which is its original home?--What we do is to bring words back from their metaphysical to their everyday use.”

Way Trying Use Home Used Asks Games Names Language Objects Essence Originals Everyday Oneself Philosopher Metaphysics Propositions Metaphysical Everyday Use

Book:Philosophical Investigations

Source: Philosophical Investigations

“Making beautiful things for everyday use is a wonderful thing to do.. making life flow more easily.. but art confronts life, allowing it to stop and perhaps change direction.. they are completely different.”

Art Different Use Beautiful Wonderful Flow Everyday Things To Do Allowing Beautiful Things Wonderful Things Everyday Use

Author:Antony Gormley

“I tell my students to think of poems as language plus, language with value added beyond its everyday use.”

Thinking Use Values Language Students Everyday Plus Everyday Use

Author:Monica Youn

“Men as well as women, must strive for a balance of experience. Masculinity, defined as requiring the ability to act physically or mentally but excluding anything too emotional or nurturing, currently denies men this balance. Their ability to care is seen as inappropriate for everyday use, and a lack of desire for power or promotion are seen as signs of inadequacy.”

Men Wells Use Care Desire Leadership Ability Emotional Balance Strive Everyday Deny Defined Masculinity Promotion Nurturing Inappropriate Inadequacy Desire For Power Everyday Use

Author:Eva Cox

“The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works - and its utility can be seen in the everyday use to which I have seen it increasingly being put by country after country, in policy, in practice and in law.”

Children Country Use Law Practice Policy Everyday Human Rights Agreement Conventions Documents Utility Visionaries In-laws Everyday Use

Author:Carol Bellamy

“My furniture, boxes, and turnings are simple, practical designs for everyday use. I love the grain and beauty of wood. Each piece of lumber is a work of art, after all, and I'd like to honor that gift and pass it on for someone else to appreciate.”

Art Use Simple Pieces Design Honor Appreciate Everyday Boxes Woods Practicals Works Of Art Grain Furniture Lumber Everyday Use

Author:Steve Miller