
Quote of Ferdinand de Saussure - It is often easier to discover...
Biography - Ferdinand de Saussure:
Swiss linguist and semiotician.
Born: 1857 - Died: 1913
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Born: 1857 - Died: 1913
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Switzerland

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

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(French, German)


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Quotes for: truth
Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

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