From: user5108@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   DDeden  posted:   
      
   >   
   > At 95, Noam Chomsky—the legendary linguist, philosopher, and political   
   thinker—has reportedly lost much of his ability to speak and write due to   
   health issues.   
   >   
   > For decades, Chomsky used words not to comfort, but to challenge. He   
   dissected global power structures, media manipulation, war, and    
   nequality—always urging people to think critically, even when the truth was   
   uncomfortable.   
   > He never asked to be followed blindly. In fact, he warned against it.   
   > “The smart way to keep people passive and obedient,” he once said, “is   
   to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively   
   debate within that spectrum.”   
   > He believed real change didn’t come from waiting on leaders—but from   
   understanding systems, questioning history, and organizing ordinary people.   
   > Chomsky didn’t just give answers.   
   > He gave generations the tools to ask better questions.   
   > And though his voice may be quiet now, his words are still loud in   
   classrooms, protests, libraries, and minds around the world.   
   >   
   > https://www.facebook.com/share/p/178M8HSo9e/   
      
   Speaking of silence   
      
   Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and the language of silence   
   What happens when silence speaks   
      
   11th September 2025   
   Steven Bindeman | Formerly Professor of Philosophy and Department Chairperson   
   at Strayer University. He is a leading theorist on silence and has published   
   articles on Heidegger, Wittgenstein and the creative process.   
      
   We think we communicate and understand most deeply using language. But how can   
   we say what words cannot express? Silence. Drawing on Wittgenstein and   
   Heidegger, philosopher Steven Bindeman argues that language often keeps us   
   separated from the world and    
   is fundamentally incapable of describing it. Only silence can bridge the gap   
   between the self and world.   
      
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