Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself.
Johann Georg HamannThus the public use of reason and freedom is nothing but a dessert, a sumptuous dessert.
Johann Georg HamannBeing, belief and reason are pure relations, which cannot be dealt with absolutely, and are not things but pure scholastic concepts, signs for understanding, not for worshipping, aids to awaken our attention, not to fetter it.
Johann Georg Hamann