"No ideas but in things"
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"No ideas but in things" is William Carlos Williams’s famous modernist credo emphasizing concrete, sensory imagery over abstract concepts in poetry.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| "No ideas but in things" canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: "No ideas but in things" Context triple: [William Carlos Williams, notableIdea, "No ideas but in things"]
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“On What There Is”
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The Concept of Nature
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The Shape of Ideas
The Shape of Ideas is a book by British politician and author Douglas Hurd that reflects on political thought, public life, and the evolution of ideas in modern governance.
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Reflections on Things at Hand
Reflections on Things at Hand is a classic Neo-Confucian anthology of philosophical writings and commentaries, traditionally attributed to Zhu Xi and his collaborators, that systematizes moral and metaphysical teachings for scholarly self-cultivation.
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The Bounds of Sense
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: "No ideas but in things" Target entity description: "No ideas but in things" is William Carlos Williams’s famous modernist credo emphasizing concrete, sensory imagery over abstract concepts in poetry.
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A.
“On What There Is”
“On What There Is” is a seminal philosophical essay by W.V.O. Quine that challenges traditional notions of ontology and argues for a criterion of ontological commitment based on the quantificational structure of our best scientific theories.
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B.
The Concept of Nature
The Concept of Nature is a 1920 philosophical work by Alfred North Whitehead that analyzes the relationship between nature, perception, and scientific description, laying groundwork for his later process philosophy.
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C.
The Shape of Ideas
The Shape of Ideas is a book by British politician and author Douglas Hurd that reflects on political thought, public life, and the evolution of ideas in modern governance.
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D.
Reflections on Things at Hand
Reflections on Things at Hand is a classic Neo-Confucian anthology of philosophical writings and commentaries, traditionally attributed to Zhu Xi and his collaborators, that systematizes moral and metaphysical teachings for scholarly self-cultivation.
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E.
The Bounds of Sense
The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary quotation
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modernist aesthetic principle ⓘ poetic credo ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| articulates | poetic theory of William Carlos Williams ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | Modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | William Carlos Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | symbolist abstraction ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
concrete imagery
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sensory detail ⓘ |
| field |
literary theory
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poetics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
material reality
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particular, concrete objects ⓘ |
| influenced |
Objectivist poetics
NERFINISHED
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later American poets focused on everyday life ⓘ |
| interpretedAs |
call for precision in poetic language
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rejection of vague generalization in poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | shaping American modernist poetry ⓘ |
| opposes | abstract concepts in poetry ⓘ |
| quotationOf | William Carlos Williams’s modernist credo ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
imagism
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objectivism (poetry) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedAs | guiding principle for Williams’s poetry ⓘ |
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Subject: "No ideas but in things" Description of subject: "No ideas but in things" is William Carlos Williams’s famous modernist credo emphasizing concrete, sensory imagery over abstract concepts in poetry.
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