It is commonplace that a problem stated is well on its way to solution, for statement of the nature of a problem signifies that th...e underlying quality is being transformed into determinate distinctions of terms and relations or has become an object of articulate thought.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He is to the great poet, what an excellent mimic is to a great actor. There is no determinate impression left on the mind by readi...ng his poetry.... A great mind is one that moulds the minds of others.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When an image is said to be singular, it is meant that it is absolutely determinate in all respects. Every possible character, or ...the negative thereof, must be true of such an image.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are various forms taken by the myth of the given ... but they all have in common the idea that the awareness of certain sort...s--and by 'sorts' I have in mind, in the first instance, determinate sense repeatables--is a primordial, non-problematic feature of 'immediate experience.'LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing, And like enough thou know'st thy estimate:... The charter of thy worth gives thee releasing; My bonds in thee are all determinate.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »