Function

Famous quotes containing the word function:

    We are thus able to distinguish thinking as the function which is to a large extent linguistic.
    Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1934)

    The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.
    Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)

    Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.
    Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)