Imaginary Object

Famous quotes containing the words imaginary and/or object:

“I am giddy; expectation whirls me round.
Th’ imaginary relish is so sweet
That it enchants my sense.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Treating ‘water’ as a name of a single scattered object is not intended to enable us to dispense with general terms and plurality of reference. Scatter is in fact an inconsequential detail.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)