commensurable

Now that which is of divine birth has a period which is contained in a perfect number, but the period of human birth is comprehended in a number in which first increments by involution and evolution (or squared and cubed) obtaining three intervals and four terms of like and unlike, waxing and waning numbers, make all the terms commensurable and agreeable to one another.

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

Now that which is of divine birth has a period which is contained in a perfect number, but the period of human birth is comprehended in a number in which first increments by involution and evolution (or squared and cubed) obtaining three intervals and four terms of like and unlike, waxing and waning numbers, make all the terms commensurable and agreeable to one another.

The Republic of Plato Plato 1763

Thinking of the U.S. government's role at home in terms commensurable with notions of "the new way of war" and "market states" is no less ludicrous for being logical.

Claremont.org 2009

Productivity gains were in fact what lead to ever increasing amounts of disposable income for more than 100 years, but, by comparing housing costs, which is commensurable in regards to productivity because each of these sectors has had little influence from recent technological innovations, it becomes easier to understand how much influence ag subsidies have had.

Matthew Yglesias » A Better Poverty Measure 2010

It is only as expressions of such a unit that they are of the same denomination, and therefore commensurable.

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2010

It is only as expressions of such a unit that they are of the same denomination, and therefore commensurable.

skzbrust: Capital Volume 1 Part 1 Chapter 1 Section 3A2. skzbrust 2010

For good reasons, developing nations reject cap-and-trade solutions, in part because it is impossible to define comparable cap-and-trade policies for radically differing economies in a fair manner; emission taxes would be much more commensurable between different economies.

The Advantages of an Emissions Tax 2011

The more important thing I think gets lost here is that we sometimes care about dimensions of our experience beyond the pure quantity of satisfaction we get from it, to the extent that varied experiences are commensurable enough to talk coherently about “satisfaction” in some consistent way across the cases.

In Search of Higher Pleasures 2007

I think the other key thing to norms is that they generally have an associated value that is not utility-based/commensurable. norms are tied to these non-commensurate values, whereas conventions may be tied to some utility calculation, but as you note, hold no system of sanction that would indicate a value.

What is a norm? Daniel Little 2009

Neufeld's words and images are commensurable and rhythmic, and the vernacular is sharp.

A.D.: The Post with the Quotes - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2009