Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site azure.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!teklds!azure!philipl From: philipl@azure.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: By any other name ... Message-ID: <20@azure.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 01:05:47 EST Article-I.D.: azure.20 Posted: Wed Dec 19 01:05:47 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 00:22:57 EST References: <1025@aecom.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 16 > " 'That which we call a rose by any other name would smell > as sweet.' Is that it, Daneel?" > Daneel paused, then said, "I am not certain what is meant > by the smell of a rose, but if a rose on Earth is the common > flower that is called a rose on Aurora, and if by its 'smell' you > mean a property that can be detected, sensed, or measured by > human beings, then surely calling a rose by another sound- > combination -- and holding all else equal -- would not affect > the smell or any other of its intrinsic properties." > > -Isaac Asimov: _The Robots of Dawn_ Shakespeare sure did know how to pack a lot of meaning into a few words, didn't he? -prl