Lysander Spooner: “And this must always be the case, because words do not create ideas…”

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And this must always be the case, because words do not create ideas, but only recall them; and the same word may recall many different ideas.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner explains that words serve to recall ideas rather than create them, leading to varied interpretations.

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Lysander Spooner: “And this must always be the case, because words do not create ideas, but only recall them; and the same word may recall…”