The tyranny of words
by Stuart Chase · first published 1938
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…half of it, but I found it to be very challenging to read. For anyone interested in what he has to say, I would recommend the following: S. I. Hayakawa, Language in Thought and Action Stuart Chase, The Tyranny of Words
on “The map is not the territory (2015)” ↗…into E-prime, general semantics after hearing about it in a lot of Robert Anton Wilson's lectures. Language definitely has an effect on the way we think and feel. I recently bought a book called 'The Tyranny of Words' by Stuart Chase that I need to find the time to read too. Keep in mind that general semantics is mostly pseudoscience, or at least ont the fringe.
on “People with Depression Use Language Differently” ↗…Thompson Programming Pearls, Jon Bentley Walden, Thoreau Autobiography of Red, Anne Carson Letters from a Stoic, Seneca Three Body Problem, Cixin Liu Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Wittgenstein Tyranny of Words, Stuart Chase Golden Mean, Annabel Lyon Disrupted, Dan Lyons Big Data, Nathan Marz Practical OO Design in Ruby, Sandi Metz Brave New World, Aldous Huxley Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus, Rainier…
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