Jevons
William Stanley, 1835–82, English economist and logician.
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Mr. Jevons speaks of Agamemnon's "confidence in the delusive dream" as at variance with his proceedings, and would excise II.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangHis father, Thomas Jevons, a man of strong scientific tastes and a writer on legal and economic subjects, was an iron merchant.
As Jevons says: "A word with two distinct meanings is really two words."
The Art of Logical Thinking | William Walker AtkinsonStrictly speaking, the first statement of Jevons is too narrow.
How We Think | John DeweyHowever, Mr. Jevons thinks that rhapsodists, anxious to recite straight on from the dream to the battle, added II.
Homer and His Age | Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for Jevons
/ (ˈdʒɛvənz) /
William Stanley. 1835–82, English economist and logician: introduced the concept of final or marginal utility in The Theory of Political Economy (1871)
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