Do we need nouns?

Reading the referers of this website, I found that someone reached it querying a search engine for

Why do we need nouns?

I think I’ve spent many years abstracting ideas so I could say that we need nouns to better understand the world… but when I’m really tired, I rock myself with anarcho primitivism ideas. I remember the well known question

So, you just want to grunt?

To be honest, sometimes I just want to quietly stay in a quiet world.

I remember an afternoon of more than ten years ago… the day I passed my Continue Systems Theory exam: I went on the top of a hill and rested peacefully while gazing at the snowy landscape.

In the meantime, my mind was so full of ideas that I really desired a wordless world… later I remembered a tale by Borges, where Cain and Abel sit beside their campfire at night

under a sky full of stars that still haven’t received their own names

Last update: 2008-05-15

2 Responses to “Do we need nouns?”


  1. 1 Andreas Gohr

    I went on the top of a hill and rested peacefully while watching the snowy landscape created a beautiful picture in my mind. Thanks for this post.

  2. 2 Carlo

    Andreas: you are welcome. Always. :)

  1. 1 The last night on Earth at temporaneit

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