We understand a thing when we have discovered what it can do in relation to other things. In different relations it acts differently, but in every case with a definiteness in accord with its property. Its operation in specific cases is a specific operation which nonetheless illustrates its proper action.


Nature and Mind: Selected Essays of Frederick J.E. Woodbridge, (p. 257)

Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge Quotes

We understand a thing when we have discovered what it can do in relation to other things. In different relations it acts differently, but in every...

We understand a thing when we have discovered what it can do in relation to other things. In different relations it acts differently, but in every...

We understand a thing when we have discovered what it can do in relation to other things. In different relations it acts differently, but in every...

We understand a thing when we have discovered what it can do in relation to other things. In different relations it acts differently, but in every...