Linguistic System

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“It is merely a linguistic peculiarity, not a logical fact, that we say “that is red” instead of “that reddens,” either in the sense of growing, becoming, red, or in the sense of making something else red.”
—John Dewey (1859–1952)

“A heresy can spring only from a system that is in full vigor.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)