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“We may also think that, regardless of how insufficient our language or knowledge is, we can still arrive at conclusions stemming from something more profound than the knowledge or language but only expressed by language. If language (as we understand it) were an absolute instrument of thought, there would be no different languages but only one universal language of thought. Since this is not the case, we can express the same thought in different languages with different signs and sounds.”

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Dejan Stojanovic

Dejan Stojanovic, born on March 11, 1959, is a Serbian poet known for his profound emotions and unique style in his poetry, which has won the hearts of readers worldwide. more

“Let's agree that spoken language is not an absolute instrument of thought. Still, we must agree that language, as such, serves the profound purpose of communication primarily (on a fundamental level) and some other, more sublime purposes (great works of literature and philosophy, for instance). The primary purpose of language, as one of the phenomena of existence, must be analyzed as a phenomenon with its existence and essence. Only when defined with the highest degree of accuracy, can its essence be applied to existence as the totality and the world.”

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“Although language, as we know it, helped humans acquire supremacy over other animals, if we follow evolution, we could easily infer that language is still only a purely animalistic expression, regardless of how advanced it seems to us compared to other animals. But what the real potential and possibilities are, we barely know or try to explore and understand.”

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“Can thought exist without words? Are visions, for example, visual thoughts? What would, potentially, be the most sublime form of language and communication? Is thought possible without language in our sense of the word? What would be a pure thought?”

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