Language constrains our thinking and forces us into false perceptions of
reality.
In
ancient Chinese, all the colours of the rainbow had only five names and in
music there were only five tones.
Therefore the words we use to describe things actually blind and deafen us
to objective reality.
Lao Tzu, the legendary founder of
Taoism
understood this well. Taoism is an ancient philosophy that underpins
Confucianism and Chinese Buddhism.
