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The Power of Words: An Inescapable Regime.
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The Power of Words: An Inescapable Regime Cindy Kou TOK 11, Blk C Ms Patton Thursday 10 April 2003 (Word Count: 1464) "Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think," said Jean-Paul Sartre. Rudyard Kipling concurs with the quote, "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." These characteristics of the nature of words conjure an image of deceit and diabolism, which initially seem unfit to describe the tools and messengers of daily communication. If these tools, indispensable to mankind in the acquisition of Knowledge, do indeed lie and deceive, there is reason to question the validity of information obtained through the use of words. To investigate the affects of words on different Areas of Knowledge, this dissertation discusses the varied implications concealed within a statement as well as the impacts of words and such implications on the studies of ethics, history, mathematics and natural sciences. Prior to commencing, it...
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