
The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1911 (_Surely there was mystic meaning in the name_ HELENA, _meaning which was fulfilled when she fled to Troy. This reply is problematical in that it implies that the multitude of native speakers of English who reject the logical positivists 'account of meaning somehow cannot see that that sentence is true in virtue of the meaning of the word ˜meaning™ ” which is no technical term but a word of ordinary English.) _ meaning_, and we are aware how these meaning values shift with the stress and turns of thought, so that a given word has a greater or less weight in different sentences or even in different clauses of the same sentence. If by the _ meaning_ of a general name are to be understood the things which it is the name of, no general name, except by accident, has a fixed meaning at all, or ever long retains the same meaning.Ī System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839Ī System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol.

Significant expressing thought or purpose: as, a meaning look.adjective Disposed or intended in a specified manner.noun An interpreted goal, intent, or end.

noun Something that is conveyed or intended, especially by language sense or significance.noun The denotation, referent, or idea associated with a word or phrase.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
