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" If we hear a Chinese we tend to take his speech for inarticulate gurgling. Someone who understands Chinese will recognize language in what he hears. Similarly I often cannot recognize the human being in someone etc. "

Ludwig Wittgenstein , Notebooks 1914-1916


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Ludwig Wittgenstein quote : If we hear a Chinese we tend to take his speech for inarticulate gurgling. Someone who understands Chinese will recognize <i>language</i> in what he hears. Similarly I often cannot recognize the <i>human being</i> in someone etc.