""Wir würden viel weniger Streit in der Welt haben, nähme man die Worte für das, was sie sind"
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lediglich die Zeichen unserer Ideen und nicht die Dinge selbst." - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book III, Chap. X, Sec. 14.
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