"We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. The categories and types that we isolate from the world of phenomena we do not find there because they stare every observer in the face; on the contrary, the world is presented in a kaleidoscope flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds—and this means largely by the linguistic systems of our minds."
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Benjamin Lee Whorf, "Science and linguistics" in: MIT Technology Review (1940), Vol 42. p. 229-31.
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