Example of How Language Affects Thought
Another way of describing the revolution in physics is to say that the key moves and acts, physicists do not care; 'matter' to them means 'to matter'. moves and acts, physicists do not care; 'matter' to them means 'to matter', to make a difference. But our language is still geared to express 'states of being', rather than processes. In this connection, also, the German language helps to explain German philosophy. The Germans have been especially prone to hypostatize their abstractions, identify the Rational and the Real, invent concepts comparable to Frankfurterness and Sauerkrautitude—for they capitalize all their nouns. And this may help to explain their present worship of the State.
Notes:
Our language is focused on describing states of being rather than processes.
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