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Indeed, if a chief question does remain: how is the power to think possible? - The power to think right and left, before
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"Indeed, if a chief question does remain: how is the power to think possible? - The power to think right and left, before and without, with and above experience? then it does not take a deduction to prove the genealogical priority of language"

- Johann G. Hamann

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This quote by Johann G. Hamann is asking how the power to believe is possible. He recommends that it does not take a reduction to show that language is the genealogical concern of thought. Simply put, language is the foundation of idea. Language is the tool that allows us to believe, factor, and comprehend the world around us. Without language, we would not have the ability to believe in the same way. Language is the crucial to unlocking our capability to think and reason. It is the basis of our capability to believe and factor, and it is the structure of our ability to comprehend the world around us. Without language, we would not be able to believe in the very same way. For that reason, language is the genealogical concern of thought.

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