Languages are frames for a lifestyle

End of the Arirang mass game - Pyongyang North Korea

posted by frizztext January 1, 2011 11 Comments
photo: title=”End of the Arirang mass game” – Pyongyang North Korea by Eric Lafforgue, on Flickr
frizztext: ”One can easily imagine a language consisting only of orders and messages in battle, or a language consisting only of questions and an expression of affirmation and negation. And countless others. To imagine a language means to imagine a life form.“ quotation (translated by frizztext), introducing Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 – 1951), Austrian-born philosopher, professorship … Continue reading » Continue reading