"Ontology recapitulates philology."
— Ontology
January 1, 1970
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James Grier Miller, attributed to Miller by W.V. Quine in "Word and Object", p. viii (1960). Note: This is a reference to the phrase "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny", a summary of Recapitulation theory.
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James Grier Miller, attributed to Miller by W.V. Quine in "Word and Object", p. viii (1960). Note: This is a reference to the phrase "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny", a summary of Recapitulation theory.