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Type: Scientist Quotes Category: Polish Scientist Quotes Date of Birth: June 3, 1879 Date of Death: March 1, 1950 Nationality: Polish Find on Amazon: Alfred Korzybski Related Authors: Thomas Huxley Jean Rostand Alexis de Tocqueville Margaret Mead Isaac Asimov Paul Nurse Kenneth G. Wilson Peter D. Mitchell |
God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.
Alfred Korzybski If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures. Alfred Korzybski If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone. Alfred Korzybski There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. Alfred Korzybski Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words. Alfred Korzybski Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness. Alfred Korzybski Whatever you say it is, it isn't. Alfred Korzybski |
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