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Alfred Korzybski Quotes: I want to make clear only that words are not the things spoken about, and that there is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.
         

I want to make clear only that words are not the things spoken about, and that there is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.


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If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone.




Man's achievements rest upon the use of symbols.... we must consider ourselves as a symbolic, semantic class of life, and those who rule the symbols, rule us.

Man's achievements rest upon the use of symbols.... we must consider ourselves as a symbolic, semantic class of life, and those who rule the symbols, rule us.



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To use words to sense reality is like going with a lamp to search for darkness.



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There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.



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Who rules our symbols, rules us.



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A person does what he does because he sees the world as he sees it.



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If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.





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