Names Fundamental Quote by John Stuart Mill

“The second general division of names is into concrete and abstract. A concrete name is a name which stands for a thing; an abstract…

— John Stuart Mill

“This leads to the consideration of a third great division of names, into connotative and non-connotative, the latter sometimes, but improperly, called absolute.”

— John Stuart Mill

“In this world one must have a name; it prevents confusion, even when it does not establish identity. Some, though, are known by numbers,…

— Ambrose Bierce

“So what's in a name? The answer, we have seen, is, a great deal. In the sense of a morphological product, a name is…

— Steven Pinker

“A name is a powerful thing. It sets one apart and gives significance.”

— Jessica Khoury

“The fifth leading division of names is into relative and absolute, or let us rather say, relative and non-relative; for the word absolute is…

— John Stuart Mill

There is a great deal in a name. It often signifies much, and may involve a great principle.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

From antiquity, people have recognized the connection between naming and power.

— Casey Miller

The worlds of maths and science have a long history of naming important objects after people.

— Simon Singh

Whenever a number of individuals have a common name, we assume them to have also a corresponding idea or form.

— Socrates

“Are names more properly said to be the names of things, or of our ideas of things? The first is the expression in common…

— John Stuart Mill

And so with all things: names were vital and important.

— Algernon H. Blackwood