Note 182 — Chapter V · CITIES AND PEOPLES (B) PEOPLES, RACES, TONGUES
Charles Francis Atkinson translation
“All forms, even those that are most felt, contain an element of untruth” (Goethe). In systematic philosophy the intent of the thinker coincides neither with the written words nor with the understanding of his readers, as it consists in his thinking meanings into words in the course of using the words themselves (da es ein Denken in Wortbedeutungen ist, im Verlauf der Darstellung mit sich selbst).