We want to do something and a definition is a means of doing it. If we want certain results then we must use certain meanings or definitions. But no definition has any authority apart from a purpose, or to bar us from other purposes.


The Meaning of Meaning (ed. 2001)

I. A. Richards Quotes

We want to do something and a definition is a means of doing it. If we want certain results then we must use certain meanings or definitions. But no...

We want to do something and a definition is a means of doing it. If we want certain results then we must use certain meanings or definitions. But no...

We want to do something and a definition is a means of doing it. If we want certain results then we must use certain meanings or definitions. But no...

We want to do something and a definition is a means of doing it. If we want certain results then we must use certain meanings or definitions. But no...