The closed language does not demonstrate and explain—it communicates decision, dictum, command. Where it… — Herbert Marcuse
The closed language does not demonstrate and explain—it communicates decision, dictum, command. Where it defines, the definition becomes “separation of good from evil;” it establishes unquestionable
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