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Words are symbols representing things and ideas known to us; and these symbols do not and cannot convey the true nature of even ordinary things. Language is considered deceptive and misleading in the matter of understanding of the Truth. So the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra says that ignorant people get stuck in words like an elephant in the mud.
helps to keep in mind that language is an imperfect means of communication. An idea is altered and diluted through its mistranslation into words. Those words are then further distorted through our filter as we take them in, leaving us in a world of ambiguity.
“My candour will be appreciated by everyone” What the Rules didn’t make explicit, however, was that Descartes was confronted with a major problem. This problem is central to his philosophy, and yet he was never able to resolve it: he had tried this method himself, he knew that it worked, but he could never explain why. It’s a problem that all mathe
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