The map is not the territory. " The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map"
So we must see that money is a symbol for human agreement
In the rough, a symbol is a sign that stands for something" Before a noise, etc., may become a symbol, something must exist for the symbol to symbolize.
Incorrect symbolism" is bound to undermine any possibility of our building a structurally human civilization.
"the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero"
Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words
It is not the human "mind' and its "finiteness' that is to be blamed, but a primitive language, with a structure foreign to this world, which has wrought havoc with our doctrines and institutions.
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