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Point of view

noun

A mental position from which things are viewed. Synonyms: stand, standpoint, viewpoint. "Teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

The spatial property of the position from which something is observed.

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"Point of view" Quotes from Famous Books

... a hint of spectral alarm that lurked in the blank glitter of his glance, resembling a nondescript form of a terror crouching silently behind a pane of glass. He was so extremely calm, that I began to indulge in the eccentric hope of hearing something explanatory of the famous affair from his point of view. Why I longed to go grubbing into the deplorable details of an occurrence which, after all, concerned me no more than as a member of an obscure body of men held together by a community of inglorious toil and by fidelity to a certain standard ...

— Lord Jim • Joseph Conrad

... world which we hope to land upon in a few weeks' time. You will notice that it does not lie quite in the direction in which we are moving, for I must tell you that we are not on our course to Mars at present. I thought we should all be glad to have a look at the moon from a close point of view now we have the chance, and M'Allister will remember that I gave him instructions just before supper to direct our course so as to head off the ...

— To Mars via The Moon - An Astronomical Story • Mark Wicks

... time of the previous inhabitant, began to bloom out into fragrant luxuriance, and passing Rigganites regarded it with admiring eyes. The colliers who had noticed her at the window in the colder weather, seeing her so frequently from a nearer point of view, felt themselves on more familiar terms. Some of them even took a sort of liking to her, and gave her an uncouth greeting as they went by; and, more than once, one or another of them had paused to ask for a flower or two, ...

— That Lass O' Lowrie's - 1877 • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... of every rational being as one which must consider itself as giving in all the maxims of its will universal laws, so as to judge itself and its actions from this point of view- this conception leads to another which depends on it and is very fruitful, namely that of a kingdom ...

— Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals • Immanuel Kant

... himself to a different course of argument, starting from other divergences of opinion, philosophical rather than critical in their relations. He certainly was free to select the method and the direction of his argument, if he candidly represented the answering point of view of those to ...

— The Eclipse of Faith - Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic • Henry Rogers

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