 more deeply or completely. They can provide clues for probing the
nature of a thing. They can enable more imaginative or less prejudiced
thought. They can help one to prepare for a more serious intellectual endeavor.
They can help one relate one perspective to another, or permit one to grasp
a new thing by analogy to an old or familiar thing.

<P><A NAME="enumerate"></A><B><FONT SIZE=+1>Enumerate the Functions of
A Thing</FONT></B>

<P>Things may, and usually do, have far more numerous and diverse function