# The Language Instinct

- Author: [Steven Pinker](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker.md)
- Quotes: 1
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker/the-language-instinct

## Quotes

> The idea that thought is the same thing as language is an example of what can be called a conventional absurdity: a statement that goes against all common sense but that everyone believes because they dimly recall having heard it somewhere and because it is so pregnant with implications.

p. 57