Every language having a structure, by the very nature of language, reflects in its own structure that of the world as assumed by those who evolved the language. In other words, we read unconsciously into the world the structure of the language we use.
Alfred KorzybskiI want to make clear only that words are not the things spoken about, and that there is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.
Alfred KorzybskiThe present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises; namely, the complete denial of 'identity.'
Alfred KorzybskiThe map is not the territory... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.
Alfred KorzybskiPsycho-galvonic experiments show clearly that every emotion or thought is always connected with some electrical current.
Alfred KorzybskiIt seems evident that everything which exists in nature, is natural, no matter how simple or complicated a phenomenon it is; and on no occasion can the so-called 'supernatural' be anything else than a completely natural law, though it may, at the moment, be above and beyond the present understanding.
Alfred Korzybski