Logo
Quote by Ludwig Feuerbach
The present age prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy

The present age prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane. – Ludwig Feuerbach

Other quotes by Ludwig Feuerbach
No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Symbols
category

The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise? – Hugo Ball

Category:
Symbols

The whole visible universe is but a storehouse of images and signs to which the imagination will give a relative place and value; it is a sort of pasture which the imagination must digest and transform. – Charles Baudelaire

Category:
Symbols

There isnt any symbolism. The sea is the sea. The old man is an old man. The boy is a boy and the fish is a fish. The shark are all sharks no better and no worse. All the symbolism that people say is shit. What goes beyond is what you see beyond when you know. – Ernest Hemingway

Category:
Symbols

All abstract sciences are nothing but the study of relations between signs. – Denis Diderot

Category:
Symbols

Random Quotes

If all you can do is crawl, start crawling. – Rumi

Category:
Rumi

Its good to follow the path of personal happiness to some extent. People tend to get upset however when you drive a steamroller down it. – Simon Travaglia

Category:
Happiness

Ive always liked Atlanta. And not just for the strip clubs, but the shopping and the food. – Jon Stewart

Category:
Food

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn. – Alice Miller

Category:
Education