It is still not enough for ... by Rene Daumal, a French Writer

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“It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.”

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Rene Daumal

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Name: Rene Daumal

Nationality: French

Date of Birth: Mar 16, 1908

Date of Death: May 21, 1944

Profession: Writer

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Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.

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It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.

Rene Daumal

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Common experience is the gold reserve which confers an exchange value on the currency which words are; without this reserve of shared experiences, all our pronouncements are checks drawn on insufficient funds.

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Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.

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