Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula. — Ferdinand de Saussure, Course in General Linguistics
Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula. — Ferdinand de Saussure, Course in General Linguistics
Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula. — Ferdinand de Saussure, Course in General Linguistics
Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula. — Ferdinand de Saussure, Course in General Linguistics
Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula. — Ferdinand de Saussure, Course in General Linguistics
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Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula.

— Ferdinand de Saussure, Course in General Linguistics
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