Words Are More Than Words
April 11th, 2015 at 12:00PM"A concept is a mental integration of two or more units which are isolated by a process of abstraction and united by a specific definition."
"Man retains his concepts by means of language. With the exception of proper names, every word we use is a concept that stands for an unlimited number of concretes of a certain kind."
"The truth or falsehood of all of man's conclusions, inferences, thought and knowledge rests on the truth or falsehood of his definitions."
--Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto, Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto, Ayn Rand, Introduction To Objectivist Epistemology
Words are more than words. They have meaning. They represent concepts and concepts represent reality. If we lose that meaning, then we lose our connection to reality.