
Some Sources of Romanticism: 2 – The First Attack on Enlightenment
Isaiah Berlin
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The Doctrine of Haman
There is no such thing as thought on the one hand, and language on the other. Language is not a glove which we put in our thought. Those who think think in particular symbols. Approximations may be made in other languages but if you really wish to enter into contact with a human being then you must understand every ddress triveld. You must watch their eyes. You must observe the movement of their lips. And then you come to direct acquaintance with the actual sources of life. Anything less than that, they attempt to translate his language into another language. This, to harmon, was absolute madness. That is the way to kill. All separation is to be rejected.
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