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mk  ·  4563 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A deaf child learns the meaning of the word 'love'
    In a flash I knew that the word was the name of the process that was going on in my head. This was my first conscious perception of an abstract idea.

This is an amazing thought. It suggests such a strange insulation of the mind. She could handle an abstract thought, but just didn't have the material for it.

I would guess that our early abstract thoughts originate from objects going out of site, but not out of mind?