Concrete and Abstract
The object with instrinsic value, the end, may be both a concrete object or an abstract object.
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Famous quotes containing the words concrete and, concrete and/or abstract:
“Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seemsbut as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible.”
—Salman Rushdie (b. 1948)
“freeways fifty lanes wide
on a concrete continent
spaced with bland billboards
illustrating imbecile illusions of happiness”
—Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919)
“If our minds could get hold of one abstract truth, they would be immortal so far as that truth is concerned. My trouble is to find out how we can get hold of the truth at all.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (18381918)