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Full Idea
The snares of grammar are the metaphysics of the people.
Gist of Idea
Grammar only reveals popular metaphysics
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Gay (Joyful) Science [1882], §354)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Gay Science', ed/tr. Kaufmann,Walter [Vintage 1974], p.300
A Reaction
If you have this elitist view of metaphysics, then linguistic analysis is just a branch of anthropology.