"How romantic to think the mind a machine reliable enough to transform the same causes over and over again into the same effects. When even toasters fail!"
— Richardson, James (b. 1950)
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Place of Publication
Keene, NY
Publisher
Ausable Press
Date
2001
Metaphor
"How romantic to think the mind a machine reliable enough to transform the same causes over and over again into the same effects. When even toasters fail!"
Metaphor in Context
288.
Determinism. How romantic to think the mind a machine reliable enough to transform the same causes over and over again into the same effects. When even toasters fail!
(p. 62)
Determinism. How romantic to think the mind a machine reliable enough to transform the same causes over and over again into the same effects. When even toasters fail!
(p. 62)
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Reading
Citation
James Richardson, Vectors: Aphorisms & Ten-Second Essays (Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2001).
Date of Entry
06/03/2011