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Every Language Having A Structure, By The Very Nature Of Language, Reflects In Its Own Structure That Of The World As Assumed By Those Who Evolved The Language. In Other Words, We Read Unconsciously Into The World The Structure Of The Language We Use.
-Alfred Korzybski
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Every Language Having A Structure, By The

Alfred Korzybski
Every Language Having A Structure, By The Very Nature Of Language, Reflects In Its Own Structure That Of The World As Assumed By Those Who Evolved The Language. In Other Words, We Read Unconsciously Into The World The Structure Of The Language We Use.
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