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Alfred Korzybski

Polish-born American linguist; b. 1879; d. 1950  ·  3 aphorisms  ·  no comments

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Edit Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (765 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

To "be" means to be related.

[aphorist] Alfred Korzybski, Science and Sanity, 1933 (4th ed., 1958), in [category] Science and Religion and [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Science and Sanity (hardcover)

Edit Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (673 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

Those who rule the symbols rule us.

[aphorist] Alfred Korzybski, Science and Sanity, 1933 (4th ed., 1958), in [category] Law and Politics

Science and Sanity (hardcover)

Edit Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (251 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Whenever anyone says anything he is indulging in theories.

[aphorist] Alfred Korzybski, in [category] Science and Religion and [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

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