
Ep. 290: Susanne Langer on Our Symbol-Making Nature (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Aesthetics of Linguistics
An aesthetic sense in human beings is the foundation of our language and our linguistic ability. And also that it is our tendency towards the creation of language and the use of symbols, even in a pre-Linguistic context,. That's both the origin oflanguage and the origin of our notion of aesthetic judgment. I haven't read the rest of the book, i don't know i where that goes.
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