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The commerce of minds was necessarily the first commerce in the world, … since before bartering things one must barter signs, and it is necessary the… - Paul Valéry
" "The commerce of minds was necessarily the first commerce in the world, … since before bartering things one must barter signs, and it is necessary therefore that signs be instituted.
There is no market or exchange without language. The first instrument of all commerce is language.
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About Paul Valéry
Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (30 October 1871 – 20 July 1945) was a French author and Symbolist poet. His interests were sufficiently broad that he can be classified as a polymath. In addition to his fiction (poetry, drama, and dialogues), he also wrote many essays and aphorisms on art, history, letters, music, and current events.
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Doris
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Paul Ambroise Valery
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Paul-Ambroise Valéry
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Paul Valery
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Paul-Ambroise Valery
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Ambroise Paul Toussaint Jules Valéry
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Paul Ambroise Valéry
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Pascal lui-même n'a pas manqué de s'y tromper, qui traita de cet art avec superbe, et le réduisait à la vanité de poursuivre laborieusement la ressemblance de choses dont la vue d'elles-mêmes est sans intérêt, ce qui prouve qu'il ne savait pas regarder, c'est-à-dire oublier les noms des choses que l'on voit.
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