--- title: "1 Academic life Quotes By John R. Searle" description: "1 Academic life quotes by John R. Searle. Plus more from John R. Searle and more Academic life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/john-r-searle-82459_academic-life_it-writing-has-enormous-meta-cognitive-i_147758.jpg" --- > [ “It \[writing\] has enormous meta-cognitive implications. The power is this: That you cannot only think in ways that you could not possibly think if you did not have the written word, but you can now think about the thinking that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-searle/it-writing-has-enormous-meta-cognitive-implications-the-power-is-this/) John R. Searle [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/john-r-searle-82459_academic-life_it-writing-has-enormous-meta-cognitive-i_147758.jpg) ## More by John R. Searle > [ “It \[writing\] has enormous meta-cognitive implications. The power is this: That you cannot only think in ways that you could not possibly think if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-searle/it-writing-has-enormous-meta-cognitive-implications-the-power-is-this/) John R. Searle > [“In general, I feel if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-searle/in-general-i-feel-if-you-can-t-say-it-clearly-you-don-t-understand-it/) John R. Searle > [“With Derrida, you can hardly misread him, because he’s so obscure. Every time you say, "He says so and so," he always says, "You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-searle/with-derrida-you-can-hardly-misread-him-because-he-s-so-obscure-every/) John R. Searle ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/academic-life/john-r-searle/#itemlist", "name": "1 Academic life Quotes By John R. 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