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Full Idea
If the claim of philosophers to be unbiased were all it pretends to be, it would have to take account of language and its significance...Language is partly given and partly develops freely. As individuals cannot be truly independent, so too with language.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy can't be unbiased if it ignores language, as that is no more independent than individuals are
Source
Søren Kierkegaard (The Journals of Kierkegaard [1850], 1840.07.18)
Book Ref
Kierkegaard,Søren: 'A Kierkegaard Anthology', ed/tr. Bretall,Robert [Princeton 1946], p.12
A Reaction
A surprisingly prophetic entry from Kierkegaard anticipating the linguistic turn. [SY]