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“Free inquiry entails recognition of civil liberties as integral to its pursuit, that is, a free press, freedom of communication, the right to organize opposition parties and to join voluntary associations, and freedom to cultivate and publish the fruits of scientific, philosophical, artistic, literary, moral and religious freedom.”

Source: In defense of secular humanism

“The word of man is the most durable of all material.”

Men Language Materials Communication Philosophical Durability

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.”

Ifs Men World Would Be Speak Silence Communication Capacity Philosophical Silent Silence Is

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.”

World Mean Wisdom Language Learning Communication Limits Philosophical Language Words Language And Communication Languages Communication Power Of Language Language And Power International Language

Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

“The human body is the best picture of the human soul.”

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Book:Philosophical Investigations

Source: Philosophical Investigations

“Every spoken word double-crosses us. The written word is the only tolerable form of communication, as it isn't a stone in a bridge between souls but a ray of light between stars.”

Soul Light Form Stars Written Communication Stones Crosses Philosophical Bridges Rays Written Word Spoken Word Tolerable Rays Of Light

Author:Fernando Pessoa

“Some philosophers are drawn to the subject [of philosophy] via their interest in the nature and structure of the world external to us. Others are drawn to it by an interest in the capacities that make humans distinctive in the world. I am a philosopher of the latter sort. My work thus far has been clustered around the nexus of knowledge, communication, and human action.”

World Humans Has Beens Philosophy Action Interest Subjects Communication Capacity Philosophical Structure Philosopher Latter Distinctive Human Actions Nexus

Author:Jason Stanley

“When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.”

Thinking Mind Talking Psychology Communication Philosophical Psychological

Author:Plato

“Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.”

Form Language Fields Theory Communication Approach Philosophical Visuals Tactile Semiotics

Author:Umberto Eco

“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”

Firsts Speak Communication Speech Philosophical Jogging

Book:The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses in Four Books Preserved by Arrian, the Enchiridion, and Fragments

Source: The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses in Four Books Preserved by Arrian, the Enchiridion, and Fragments