Peter Szondi, Introduction to Literary Hermeneutics:
"..the unity of a word, which is not itself present but instead rpresents, as it were, the configuration of its various nuances and possibilities of meaning: an idea in Benjamin's sense of the word."
(> the meaning of a word thus lies 'outside' it, in its possible relationships and uses, just as the 'meaning' of the self is 'deferred' through its actions, relations, implication in a world. )
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Exactly! Words, mere arrangements of tokens organized to create titles which are then placed upon substance. Words should not be mistaken as substance themselves. Words should be understood to be an attempt to communicate the most accurate representation of an individual interpretation of the intended thought at matter.
As the world is in a constant state of change, words meanings may also change to recapture and reflect this consistent effect of altering chaotic conditions. -excerpt taken from my "about me" page.
words, alas, are not all about me. they carry philological histories dating back in some instances for many centuries, across languages and cultures, texts and inscriptions. Mr. Morgan errs on the side of parole. Walter B. knew better.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean that words are "about me"... I just meant to say that I took my post/words from my "about me" page on my website.
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