| Title: | Invariable |
| Original Title: | Invariable |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 8 (1765), p. 847 |
| Author: | Denis Diderot (biography) |
| Translator: | Malcolm Eden [University of London] |
| Subject terms: |
Grammar
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| Citation (MLA): | Diderot, Denis. "Invariable." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Malcolm Eden. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2008. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.922>. Trans. of "Invariable," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 8. Paris, 1765. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Diderot, Denis. "Invariable." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Malcolm Eden. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.922 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Invariable," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 8:847 (Paris, 1765). |
Invariable, what is not subject to change. It is applied both to physical and mental phenomena. People speak of their health being invariable . The course of the stars is invariable . This is not in fact true, since nothing in nature is invariable . The application made of the term to people is even less exact. Nobody is invariable in his opinions, in his judgements, in his feelings. Absolute invariability applies only to God, and to matter in general, if there really is something real to which this abstract word can apply. This is a question that raises far more difficulties than might appear at first glance.