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.


Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics (ed. Institute of GS, 1958) - ISBN: 9780937298015

Alfred Korzybski Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...