| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 27708 |
| QUOTATION: | Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Martin Heidegger (18891976), German philosopher. lecture, Aug. 5, 1951. Building Dwelling Thinking, Poetry, Language, Thought (1971). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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