"Nomina si nescis, perit et cognitio rerum," Linnaeus averred. "If you don't know the names, even knowledge of the things themselves will pass away."Somehow I think this has something to do with conversations I've been having lately on the meaning of language and deconstructionism, but I'm not smart enough to figure it out.
-- Simeon Potter, Modern Linguistics 144 n.2 (2d ed. 1967).
At any rate, I like the quotation.
I'm just not sure which side it's on.
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