It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no system, no classification. (Roman Jakobson)

It is once again the vexing problem of identity within variety; without a solution to this disturbing problem there can be no system, no classification.

Roman Jakobson

Related topics

classification once problem vexing

Related quotes

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. View quote
Albert Einstein
A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content. View quote
Theodore Sturgeon
Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run. View quote
Margaret Mead
If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact, not to be solved, but to be coped with over time. View quote
Shimon Peres
The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower