Determinate Quotes

18 quotes by 18 authors

In relativity, movement is continuous, causally determinate and well defined, while in quantum mechanics it is discontinuous, not causally determinate and not well defined. — David Bohm
The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own… — John Playfair
The gist of the matter is this: Every impression that comes in from without, be it a sentence which we hear, an object of vision,… — William James
By no amount of reasoning can we altogether eliminate all contingency from our world. Moreover, pure speculation alone will not enable us to get a… — Morris Raphael Cohen
Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundary. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
It appears that all that can be, is. The Creator's hand does not appear to have been opened in order to give existence to a… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
I started philosophy looking for answers. But along the way I came to prize exploring the questions. Progress in philosophy consists, I think, in a… — Kwame Anthony Appiah
How could politics be a science, if laws and forms of government had not a uniform influence upon society? Where would be the foundation of… — David Hume
The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of a society forms a determinate system with a life of its own. It… — Emile Durkheim
Modern economics is a set of formal models and equations purporting to fully determine human behaviour, at least in the economic realm. And there is… — Murray Rothbard
In the absence of any written analogue to speech, the sensible, natural environment remains the primary visual counterpart of spoken utterance, the palpable site, or… — David Abram
Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but… — Joseph Butler
...Pathological states are the consequence of several determinate factors acting simultaneously...The manifestations of any given agent differ profoundly from one person to another. ...Each noxious… — Rene Dubos
The Simonian system can be extracted from the writings of Hippolytus. The cosmos begins with the one root, which is unfathomable Silence, pre-existent, limitless power,… — Edward F Edinger
To toy with something is to manipulate it, to try it out within sets of contexts none of which is determinate. — Susan Stewart
My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were never produced out… — Marcus Aurelius
I might not have the determination, but I sure as hell have the strength to determinate anything. No matter my challenges. — Amanda Farineau
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… — William Hazlitt

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