| |  | | | | | | | | | | | If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures. | | Alfred Korzybski | | | If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which are not, and cannot be ‘identical with themselves’, the old dictum that ‘everything is identical with itself’ becomes in [today’s understanding of the universe] a principle invariably false to facts. | | Alfred Korzybski | | | In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something… Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, something must exist for the symbol to symbolize. | | Alfred Korzybski | | | It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill. | | Alfred Korzybski | | | Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about; and (2) There is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation. | | Alfred Korzybski | | | Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words. | | Alfred Korzybski | | | We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many old ‘philosophies’, and that from them arise most of the old ‘philosophical’ fights and arguments. | | Alfred Korzybski | | | | | …a few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called ‘critical philosophy’ and to the theory of knowledge or epistemology. This class of workers I call epistemologists to avoid the disagreeable implications of the term ‘philosopher’. | | Alfred Korzybski | | | …the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero… | | Alfred Korzybski | | | | | Quotes: 1 - 10 of 10 | Pages: 1 | | | |
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