Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.

  • -- Willard Van Orman Quine 威拉德·冯·奥曼·蒯因

意义是本质脱离了指称的对象而依附于词时所变成的东西。

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Artschwager's art always involves looking closely at surfaces, questions what an object is, wants to make you forget the name of the thing you're looking at so that it might mushroom in your mind into something that triggers unexpected infinities.

阿茨瓦格的艺术总是包括密切观察物体表面,质疑物体是什么,想让你忘记你正在看的东西的名字,这样它可能会在你的脑海中迅速膨胀,引发意想不到的无限。

This is a basic requirement the meaning of globalization is that we should admit that the economy of each country is dependent on the economy of all the others.

这是一个基本的要求,全球化的含义是我们应该承认每个国家的经济都依赖于其他所有国家的经济。

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

能数的不一定都算;有价值的东西不一定都有价值。

The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered.

愚人自怜,直到被奉承。