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Infinite Syntax, Finite Means
by Riaz Laghari

To speak, in Humboldt’s metaphysics, is to dwell within a world disclosed by language. This view anticipates Heidegger’s claim that “language is the house of Being,” but whereas Heidegger focuses on Sein, Humboldt is more radical: language creates the frame within which Being becomes intelligible.

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Infinite Syntax, Finite Means - Riaz Laghari - Medium

What kind of creature conjures universes from breath, commands worlds through syllables, weaves fictions from a finite alphabet? The ‘homo loquacious’/human being. To speak is to enact a paradox…

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bs2Oct 27, 2023
> Wilhelm von Humboldt,..inspired John Stuart Mill .. like.. Adam Smith, regarded creative work freely undertaken in association with others as the core value of a human life. So if a person produces an object on command, Humboldt wrote, we may admire what he did but we will despise what he is, not a true human being who acts on his own impulses and desires...
#NoamChomsky #DemocracyAndEducation #Humboldt #WilhelmHumboldt and other thinkers on #Work #CreativeWork v. #BoughtPriesthood #御用学者