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The thing you assign, then mistake for something you found.
means What a word, sign, act, or experience signifies or is intended to convey — the sense behind the surface.
from From Old English 'mǣnan,' to intend, signify, or have in mind — the same root that gives us 'moan' (to voice a complaint) and likely a cousin of German 'meinen,' to think or intend. 'Meaning' is literally the noun form of 'to mean,' so at its heart it has always been about intention: what you have in mind. Related, too, to 'mind' and 'memory' through the deep Proto-Indo-European root *men-, having to do with thought.
- etymology
- From Old English mænan, to intend or tell
- semiotics
- Lives between sign and mind, never inside words
- frankl's claim
- Humans survive horror chasing it, not pleasure
- linguistic drift
- Word meanings shift faster than dictionaries admit
- the paradox
- Asking for life's meaning may itself be meaningless