Aprenda alemão para pensar melhor

Entre muitas observações feitas por John Le Carré no texto que segue, essa chamou minha atenção: "Clear language – lucid, rational language – to a man at war with both truth and reason, is an existential threat. Clear language to such a man is a direct assault on his obfuscations, contradictions and lies. To him, it is the voice of the enemy. To him, it is fake news. Because he knows, if only intuitively, what we know to our cost: that without clear language, there is no standard of truth."

Why we should learn German | John le Carré

To help make the European debate decent and civilised, it is now more important than ever to value the skills of the linguist

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