“Militarism is basically a way of thinking, a certain interpretation of the function of the state; this manner of thinking is, moreover, revealed by its outer forms: by armaments and state organization.” ThinkingWayStatesFormCertainOrganizationFunctionInterpretationWay Of ThinkingMilitarismArmament Author:Christian Lous Lange
“poetry has been able to function quite directly as human interpretation of the raw, loose universe. It is a mixture, if you will, of journalism and metaphysics, or of science and religion.” IfsHumansHas BeensAbleUniverseFunctionJournalismInterpretationMetaphysicsScience And ReligionMixtures Book:Living by Fiction Source: Living by Fiction
“Art's effect is due to the tension resulting from the clash of the collocation of elements of two (or more) systems of interpretation. This conflict has the function of breaking down automatism of perception and occurs simultaneously on the many levels of a work of art ... All levels may carry meaning.” MayArtTwoPoetryLevelsEffectsConflictElementsPerceptionFunctionDuesTensionInterpretationWorks Of ArtBreaking DownClash Author:Yuri Lotman
“Philosophical questions are not by their nature insoluble. They are, indeed, radically different from scientific questions, because they concern the implications and other interrelations of ideas, not the order of physical events; their answers are interpretations instead of factual reports, and their function is to increase not our knowledge of nature, but our understanding of what we know.” KnowsIdeasDifferentScienceOrderUnderstandingAnswersEventsConcernFunctionIncreasePhilosophicalReportsInterpretationImplicationsFactualPhilosophical Questions Author:Susanne Katherina Langer
“My father valued patriotism above all other social obligations, but he had his own particular interpretation of just how true patriotism was meant to function.” FatherSocialParticularFunctionObligationInterpretationTrue PatriotismSocial Obligation Author:Thomas Steinbeck
“All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.” RealityPoliticalGivenPowerSubjectsPerceptionAll ThingsFunctionInterpretationCognitive Behavioral TherapyCognitive TherapyTruth Prevails Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“There are all sorts of dream interpretations, Freud's being the most notorious, but I have always believed they served a simple eliminatory function, and not much more - that dreams are the psyche's way of taking a good dump every now and then.” WayDreamSimpleFunctionInterpretationNow And ThenDumpNotorious Book:The Stand Source: The Stand
“As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it follows that each must in the exercise of its functions be guided by the text of the Constitution according to its own interpretation of it.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesSupportExerciseFunctionConstitutionBoundsDepartmentExecutivesInterpretationJudicial Book:1829-1836 Source: 1829-1836
“All appeals to Scripture are appeals to interpretations of Scripture. The only real question is: whose interpretation? People with differing interpretations of Scripture cannot set a Bible on a table and ask it to resolve their differences. In order for the Scripture to function as an authority, it must be read and interpreted by someone. According to "solo" Scriptura, that someone is each individual, so ultimately, there are as many final authorities as there are human interpreters.” PeopleHumansRealOrderAsksIndividualDifferencesAuthorityFunctionTablesFinalsScriptureAppealsResolveInterpretationCatholicismSoloInterpreterReal Questions Author:Keith Mathison