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Ferdinand de Saussure

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Biography - Ferdinand de Saussure:

Swiss linguist and semiotician.
Born: 1857 - Died: 1913
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Switzerland

It is often easier to discover a truth than to assign to it its proper place.


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Quote source: Course in General Linguistics

Wikisource - Saussure - Cours de linguistique générale (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il est souvent plus aisé de découvrir une vérité que de lui assigner la place qui lui revient.

German
Es ist oft leichter, eine Wahrheit zu entdecken, als ihr den gehörigen Platz anzuweisen.




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See also...



It is easier to say original things than to reconcile with one another things already said.




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