Accord Quote by Confucius

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of things

— Confucius

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

— Confucius

Many errors, of a truth, consist merely in the application of the wrong names of things.

— Baruch Spinoza

If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.

— Confucius

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Language is a poor enough means of communication as it is. So we should use all the words we have.

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— David Foster Wallace

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— Friedrich Nietzsche

Some changes of language are to be regretted, as they lead to false inferences, and society is always a loser by mistaking names for…

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