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The objective level is not words, and cannot be reached by words alone. We must point our finger and be silent, or we will never reach this level.
Alfred Korzybski
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Alfred Korzybski
Age: 70 †
Born: 1879
Born: July 3
Died: 1950
Died: March 1
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Warszawa
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski
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It is now no mystery that some quite influential 'philosophers' were 'mentally' ill.
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