Symbolistic human mind
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Language is the highest and most amazing achievement of the symbolistic human mind. The power it bestows is almost inestimable, for without it anything properly called "thought" is impossible. The birth of language is the dawn of humanity. The line between man and beast-- between the highest ape and the lowest savage-- is the language line. Whether the primitive Neanderthal man was anthropoid or human depends less on his cranial capacity, his upright position, or even his use of tools and fire, than on one issue we shall probably never be able to settle-- whether or not he spoke.
[Susanne K. Langer, "The Lord of Creation," Fortune Magazine, January 1994.]
What does the underlined word mean, and in what way does it modify 'human mind'?
I couldn't find this word in the common dictionaries.
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com/dictionary/symbolistic I think perhaps the writer means that the human mind can think in terms of symbols. eg I can see a flower in my mind, even if one is not physically present. And I can associate the image with the word 'flower'.
- com/dictionary/symbolistic I think perhaps the writer means that the human mind can think in terms of symbols.
- eg I can see a flower in my mind, even if one is not physically present.
- And I can associate the image with the word 'flower'.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/symbolistic
I think perhaps the writer means that the human mind can think in terms of symbols.
eg
I can see a flower in my mind, even if one is not physically present.
And I can associate the image with the word 'flower'.
0Persian Learnersymbolistic human mind.
It means that the human mind has the innate capability of creating, recording and understanding symbols. It operates by recognizing and processing symbols.
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