More broadly the term is used in a wide number of contexts for an image, picture, or representation ; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it either concretely or by analogy, as in semiotics ; by extension, icon is also used, particularly in modern culture, in the general sense of symbol — i. e. a name, face, picture, edifice or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities: one thing, an image or depiction, that represents something else of greater significance through literal or figurative meaning, usually associated with religious, cultural, political, or economic standing.

* Memorials to Continental general Benedict Arnold at the Saratoga National Historical Park and the United States Military Academy bear neither his name nor his likeness, as a result of his treachery.

A Roman general might bury a statue of his likeness to thank the gods for victory.

The theory of utility, which became the keynote of his general theory of political economy, was practically formulated in a letter written in 1860 ; and the germ of his logical principles of the substitution of similars may be found in the view which he propounded in another letter written in 1861, that " philosophy would be found to consist solely in pointing out the likeness of things.

Each AI personality, portrayed by a likeness of a famous leader or general ( e. g. Abraham Lincoln, Alexander the Great, Cleopatra, etc.

Epimenides was a 6th Century BC philosopher and religious prophet who, against the general sentiment of Crete, proposed that Zeus was immortal, as in the following poem:

Guest expressed the general opinion in a poem titled " Speaking of Greenberg ," in which he used the Irish ( and thus Catholic ) names Murphy and Mulroney.

The Works and Days is a poem of over 800 verses which revolves around two general truths: labour is the universal lot of Man, but he who is willing to work will get by.

In the ninth and tenth centuries, however, notably with the compilation of the Kokinshū, the short poem became the dominant form of poetry in Japan, and the originally general word became the standard name for this form.

Buck wrote a poem named For America that he read at the first Cardinals game after the 9 / 11 attacks to describe his opinion and the general opinion, regarding defeating terrorism, of Americans after September 11.

In a more general sense, the strophe is a pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based, with the strophe usually being identical with the stanza in modern poetry and its arrangement and recurrence of rhymes giving it its character.

In doing this he was part of a more general retreat of Royalist gentlemen into the English countryside, in the aftermath of the English Civil War, a move summed up by his friend Charles Cotton's well-known poem " The Retirement " ( first published in the 5th Edition of Walton Compleat Angler ).

In 1838 he received his doctorate, his thesis entitled ' De l ' habitude ' ( On Habit ), which was to become a classic text ( a metaphysical ' poem ' on nature in general apprehended through an intuitive analysis of acquired habit as a particular manifestation of its essential being, much admired by Bergson and Heidegger ), and became professor of philosophy at Rennes.

The poem " Thourios " by the 18th Century poet and Greek national hero Rigas Feraios included a call upon Arvanites, as upon other Christian Orthodox peoples living at the time in the general area of Greece, to join in rebelling against Ottoman rule.

At various times in the poem, the " Rose " of the title is seen as the name of the lady, and as a symbol of female sexuality in general.

By supplying it with an appropriate epic title, isolating it from its original codicological context, and providing a general history of minstrel performance in which its pure origin could be located, the early editors presented a 4, 002 line poem as sung French epic ".

John Dryden's version is the work of a stronger artist ; but Conington's is more faithful, preserves the general effect of the original, and stands as an independent poem.

Increased interest in the last decades has resulted in a full-length general introduction, two new editions, in 1997 ( Liberman ) and 2003, a commentary on the whole poem by F. Spaltenstein ( Brussels: Latomus, 2002: Books 1-2 ; 2004: Books 3-5 ; 2005: Books 6-8 ) and a fair amount of commentaries on individual books:

The wording can lead one to think both of Walt Whitman and Jim Morrison when the poet takes on the role of fortune teller, general or quite simply that of Eros ' chosen intermediary as in the poem Eros hemlighet (" Eros ' secret ").

A later revision amended this to " a certain Poetess ", though this did not make it into the final publication, either, as Owen apparently decided to address his poem to the larger audience of war supporters in general such as the women who handed out white feathers during the conflict to men whom they regarded as cowards for not being at the front.

In the English poem " The Feate of Gardinage " by Jon Gardener and the general household advice given in Le Ménagier de Paris of 1393, a variety of herbs, flowers, fruit trees and bushes were listed with instructions on their cultivation.

His name was brought back to public notice by the English poet Robert Browning's 1855 poem " A Toccata of Galuppi's ", but this did not restore the composer's work to the general repertoire.

In literature, the epic was considered the highest form, for the reason expressed by Samuel Johnson in his Life of John Milton: " By the general consent of criticks, the first praise of genius is due to the writer of an epick poem, as it requires an assemblage of all the powers which are singly sufficient for other compositions.

Although much of the criticism on the interpretation of " The Parliament of Fowls " — which would render clues for its date of composition — is contradictory, and criticism about the importance of line 117 does not agree on whether it can be taken as serious evidence for the dating of the poem, there is nowadays a general agreement among scholars as to 1381-1382 being the date of composition for " The Parliament of Fowls.

This poem was being censored from collections of Rochester's poetry as late as 1953, though, in line with a general change in attitudes to sexuality, it was dramatised as a scene in the film The Libertine about his life based on an existing play.

In general, envois have fewer lines than the main stanzas of the poem.

" The poem was unknown to the general public until published three months after Wordsworth's death in 1850, its final name given to it by his widow Mary.

The Old English poem " Judith " describes the beheading of Assyrian general Holofernes by Israelite Judith of Bethulia.

Stanzas 1-24 talk about an excessive devotion to earthly life from a general point of view, but features some of the most memorable metaphors in the poem.

More recent IUPAC recommendations now suggest the newer term " hydronium " be used in favor of the older accepted term " oxonium " to illustrate reaction mechanisms such as those defined in the Brønsted – Lowry and solvent system definitions more clearly, with the Arrhenius definition serving as a simple general outline of acid – base character.

The phrase definitely refers to a distillation of the common law into general and accepted legal principles.

The theory that they were defensive military structures is not accepted by many modern archaeologists ( see the ' general references ' below ), while the alternative notion that they were farmhouses is dismissed by some others.

Once the proposal is accepted by both the creditors and the Court, the debtor makes the payments to the Proposal Administrator each month ( or as otherwise stipulated in their proposal ), and the general creditors are prevented from taking any further legal or collection action.

There is no definite or clear way to define the total energy of the universe due to the most widely accepted theory of gravity, general relativity.

Under unspecific or impersonal coercion the conditional threats come from well-known and socially accepted general rules and – rather than any individual or sub-group – and are directed against anybody in the stated conditions, according to clearly stated principles of due process.

The term " physically based " indicates the use of physical models and approximations that are more general and widely accepted outside rendering.

The practice of smallpox inoculation was eventually accepted by the general population due to first-hand experiences and personal relationships.

He accepted an appointment as a general in the Missouri State Guard.

A more analogous case is that of the screwball comedy, widely accepted by film historians as constituting a " genre ": the screwball is defined not by a fundamental attribute, but by a general disposition and a group of elements, some — but rarely and perhaps never all — of which are found in each of the genre's films.

Hayek visited Chile in the 1970s and 1980s during the Government Junta of general Augusto Pinochet and accepted being named Honorary Chairman of the Centro de Estudios Públicos, the think tank formed by the economists who transformed Chile into a free market economy.

The 1949 Principles of the International Phonetic Association recommends using 10px for advanced voiced velar plosives ( denoted by Latin small letter script G ) and 10px for regular ones where the two are contrasted, but this suggestion was never accepted by phoneticians in general, and today ⟨ 10px ⟩ is the symbol used in the International Phonetic Alphabet, with ⟨ 10px ⟩ acknowledged as an acceptable variant, and is more often used in printed materials.

This report was accepted by the Labour Party government of the time despite considerable opposition, but the Conservative Party won the June 1970 general election, and on a manifesto that committed them to a two-tier structure.

Carroll accepted Spearman's concept of general intelligence, for the most part, as a representation of the uppermost, third stratum.

He proposes that most commonly accepted social institutions — including the notion of State, property as a right, natural rights in general, and the very notion of society — were mere spooks in the mind.

Davis wanted to serve as a general in the Confederate States Army and not as the president, but accepted the role for which he had been chosen.

*** Michaelis – Menten kinetics, the widely accepted general model of enzyme kinetics

He submitted the paper to an Italian journal, which accepted it, but the general lack of interest in his theory at that early date caused him to switch to experimental physics.

These southern hostilities were ended by British mediation during Harold Wilson's era, and both sides accepted the award of the Indo-Pakistan Western Boundary Case Tribunal designated by the UN secretary general himself.

Caelestius refused to condemn these propositions, at the same time declaring in general that he accepted the doctrine expounded in the letters of Pope Innocent and making a confession of faith which was approved.

The approaches differ depending on which features of general relativity and quantum theory are accepted unchanged, and which features are modified.

Although the 1884 Bull of Pope Leo XIII Omnipotens Deus accepted the authenticity of the relics at Compostela, the Vatican remains uncommitted as to whether the relics are those of Saint James the Greater, while continuing to promote the more general benefits of pilgrimage to the site.

The intelligentsia in Russia had accepted the general phenomenon of evolution for several years before Darwin had published his theory, and scientists were quick to take it into account, although the Malthusian aspects were felt to be relatively unimportant.

In general, the rulers of the emirates accepted the British intervention, but in the case of boundary disputes between Abu Dhabi and Dubayy, and also between Dubayy and Sharjah, conflicting claims were not resolved until after the UAE became independent.

Most modern, accepted theories of cosmology are based on general relativity and, more specifically, the predicted Big Bang ; however, still more careful measurements are required to determine which theory is correct.