Alfred Korzybski

Scientist

10 Quotes

God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.

Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.

Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

Thus, we see that one of the obvious origins of human disagreement lies in the use of noises for words.

Jika kata-kata bukan benda, atau peta bukan wilayah sebenarnya, maka, jelas, satu-satunya kemungkinan hubungan antara dunia objektif dan dunia linguistik ditemukan dalam struktur, dan struktur saja.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone.

Jika penyelidikan psikiatris dan ilmiah harus dilakukan pada penguasa kita, umat manusia akan terkejut dengan pengungkapan itu.

There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

Peta itu bukanlah teritori.