"Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula." — Ferdinand de Saussure

"Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula."

— Ferdinand de Saussure

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30 Quotes by Ferdinand de Saussure

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Language furnishes the best proof that a law accepted by a community is a thing that is tolerated and not…
Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter,…
Written forms obscure our view of language. They are not so much a garment as a disguise.
In the lives of individuals and societies, language is a factor of greater importance than any other. For the study…
Speech has both an individual and a social side, and we cannot conceive of one without the other.
Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law
Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to say, will be exclusively social;…
A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas.
The connection between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary.
Henceforth, language studies were no longer directed merely towards correcting grammar.
Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things.
Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the first and based on their…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
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I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
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