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Ep. 290: Susanne Langer on Our Symbol-Making Nature (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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The Meaning of Language

Language as it is fully developed now, like we use it, It's fully expository. And names have a different function in a fully developed language than they do in her little primitive language. The original use of the language was not to communicate with others, but to commune with others, so to speak. Let's stop for a sponsor break.

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