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The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings do that. | The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings do that.<ref>{{plainlink|https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v08/n07/richard-rorty/the-contingency-of-language|“The Contingency of Language”}}, ''London Review of Books'', 17 April 1986</ref>}} | ||
His great works: | His great works: | ||
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*{{br|Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity}} | *{{br|Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity}} | ||
*{{br|Philosophy and Social Hope}} | *{{br|Philosophy and Social Hope}} | ||
*{{plainlink|https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v08/n07/richard-rorty/the-contingency-of-language|“The Contingency of Language”}}, ''London Review of Books'', 17 April 1986 | |||
Start with the last: it’s the most accessible. | Start with the last: it’s the most accessible. | ||