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The origin of language, part deux | ||
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| JW Hexaglot Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/egw Joined 5921 days ago 1802 posts - 2011 votes  22 sounds Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Ancient Greek, French, Biblical Hebrew Studies: Luxembourgish, Dutch, Greek, Italian | Message 9 of 10 18 April 2011 at 2:25am | IP Logged | |||||
With all due respect, how is this possible? The question of the origin of language is inextricably linked to the question of the origin of man--and this is exclusively a religious question, i.e., the applicable system of perception is faith. As Iversen wisely pointed out, the question simply cannot be answered using empiricism or rationalism:
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I'm closing this thread even though many members would find it an interesting discussion. Unfortunately, we keep winding up in the same place.
Please don't start another thread on the some topic. Edited by newyorkeric on 18 April 2011 at 9:40am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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