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Jean-Francois Lyotard Quotes: It is our business not to supply reality but to invent allusions to the conceivable which cannot be presented.
         

It is our business not to supply reality but to invent allusions to the conceivable which cannot be presented.


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On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance.



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