'For the person or persons that hold dominion, can no more combine with the keeping up of majesty the running with harlots drunk or naked about the streets, or the performances of a stage player, or the open violation or contempt of laws passed by themselves than they can combine existence with non-existence'.

- Benedict de Spinoza. Political Treatise. 1677.




Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Philosophical Grammar 21


21. In a familiar language we experience different parts of speech as different. It is only in a foreign language that we see clearly the uniformity of words.



when I see a foreign language written – I see different syntax in the words –

when I hear it spoken I hear different sounds



© greg t. charlton. 2014.