If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.
Philosophy of language
If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.
Philosophy of language
Attributed, often cited in discussions of linguistic relativism
Approx. 1930s-1940s
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"If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done."
Controversial"What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence."
Controversial"To say 'I am in pain' is not to make a statement, but to perform a linguistic action equivalent to crying out."
Controversial"Is it not a strange phenomenon that in the most highly developed civilizations, people are still afraid of the truth?"
Shocking"The world is all that is the case."
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