Associations to the word «Discursion»

Wiktionary

DISCURSION, noun. (obsolete) (rare) The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.
DISCURSION, noun. (rare) (figuratively) Digression.
DISCURSION, noun. (rare) Ratiocination.
DISCURSION, noun. (philosophy) step by step philosophic reasoning, as opposed to intuition (compare Iamblichus)

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.