tre·phine
- noun
1. surgical instrument having circular, sawlike edges, used to cut out disks of bone, usually from the skull.
al·ways
–adv.
1. every time; on every occasion; without exception.
2. all the time; continuously; uninterruptedly.
3. forever.
4. in any event; at any time; if necessary.
for·ev·er
– adv.
1. without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
2. continually; incessantly; always.
–noun
3. an endless or seemingly endless period of time.
nev·er
– adv.
1. not ever; at no time.
2. not at all; absolutely not.
3. to no extent or degree.
"Modern physics has confirmed most dramatically one of the basic ideas of Eastern mysticism; that all the concepts we use to describe nature are limited, that they are not features of reality, as we tend to believe, but creations of the mind; parts of the map, not of the territory."
- Fritjof Capra
- Fritjof Capra
tem·po·ral
– adj.
1. of or pertaining to time.
2. pertaining to or concerned with the present life or this world; worldly.
3. enduring for a time only; temporary; transitory.
4. a. of, pertaining to, or expressing time.
b. of or pertaining to the tenses of a verb.
5. secular, lay, or civil, as opposed to ecclesiastical.
e·ter·nal
– adj.
1. without beginning or end; lasting forever; always existing.
2. perpetual; ceaseless; endless.
3. enduring; immutable.
4. existing outside all relations of time; not subject to change.
"Finding a business man interested in the arts is like finding chicken shit in your chicken salad."
- Alice Neel
- Alice Neel
me·ton·y·my
– noun
1. a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part.
syn·ec·do·che
– noun
1. a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special.
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