One of the key
ideas inis that who controls language controls thought (this relates to the whole business about
controling past to contol the future).Language is a complicated issue, but it's basically the
only way that we can "think" (some artist would argue with this, but in my experience
it is generally true --- try to sit down for a half hour without a word going through your
mind.)Some words have a clear one.on.one meaning ... most of us know what "pen"
means.Many of the really important words are not that simple; there is no one.to.one
correspondence with words such as "love," "freedom," "faith", etc.
We do our best with the tools we have,but we can never agree on the exact meaning of
these.
In 1984, the Inner Party realizes that if they can
control...
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