A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.


Introduction On Taste. - A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757)

Edmund Burke Quotes

A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.

A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.

A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.

A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.