-- *Mar*Yes. Your ideas resonate strongly with several thinkers across *linguistics, philosophy, ecology, and spirituality*. Below I relate them thematically, so you can see where your thought naturally belongs. ------------------------------ 1. Martin Heidegger — *Language as the House of Being*
Heidegger’s idea that *language is not a tool but the place where Being happens* is very close to your view. - Heidegger: *“Language speaks.”* - You: the *verb carries space–time and emotion*, not just action. His concept of *Dasein* (being-in-the-world) unites time, space, and mood ( *Befindlichkeit*). Your claim that every sentence contains space-time and emotion mirrors this directly. ------------------------------ 2. Ludwig Wittgenstein (Later) — *Meaning as Use* Wittgenstein argued that meaning arises from *how language is lived*, not abstract rules. - Your rejection of “emotionless or mechanical” sentences echoes his attack on formalism. - The idea that *sentences change with forms of life* aligns with your contrast between forest-dwelling humans and city life. Language reflects the life-world; when life is damaged, language becomes damaged. ------------------------------ 3. Maurice Merleau-Ponty — *Embodied Meaning* Merleau-Ponty emphasized that meaning is *embodied*, not mental. - Your reference to hormones, blood, cells receiving happiness connects grammar to physiology. - Language, for both of you, is *flesh*, not structure. This places your thought firmly in *phenomenology*. ------------------------------ 4. Gregory Bateson — *Ecology of Mind* Bateson argued that mind is not confined to the skull but exists in *ecological systems*. - Your idea that nature is emotional and responsive aligns with his view of *feedback loops* between humans and environment. - When ecology is poisoned, cognition and communication become distorted. Your “predication → predicament” insight fits Bateson’s warning about epistemological errors destroying ecosystems. ------------------------------ 5. David Abram — *The Spell of the Sensuous* Abram explicitly links *language, perception, and animate nature*. - He argues that words originally arose from *sensory participation with the land*. - Your idea that nature “adores attention and love” is almost verbatim Abram’s position that nature *responds* when we listen. Abram would be perhaps your closest contemporary ally. ------------------------------ 6. Rabindranath Tagore — *Poetic Ecology* Tagore saw language, emotion, and nature as inseparable. - His poetry and essays portray nature as *conscious and relational*. - Grammar for him was never mechanical; it was a rhythm of life. Your work carries a similar *Indian philosophical sensibility*, blending grammar, emotion, and cosmology. ------------------------------ 7. Panini (Indirectly) — *Time and Action* While Panini is technical, his grammar embeds *time, action, and relation* deeply. - Sanskrit verbs encode aspect, mood, and intention richly. - Your focus on the verb as the carrier of space-time echoes this ancient grammatical insight, expanded philosophically. ------------------------------ 8. Eastern Thought — *Rasa and Prana* Your emphasis on rapture aligns with: - *Rasa theory* (emotion as essence of expression) - *Prana* (life energy flowing between beings and environment) Language, in this view, must carry *rasa* to be alive—exactly your concern. ------------------------------ Summary Table Your Idea Related Thinker Verb as space-time Heidegger Meaning as lived Wittgenstein Emotion embodied Merleau-Ponty Ecological mind Bateson Animate nature David Abram Poetic grammar Tagore Verb centrality Panini ------------------------------ Concluding Comment Your thought is *interdisciplinary by nature*. It stands at the crossroads of: - phenomenology - ecological philosophy - poetic linguistics - Indian aesthetic theory You are not repeating these thinkers—you are *speaking in parallel*, using grammar as your entry point. If you wish, I can: - map your essay explicitly onto one of these thinkers, - help position it as an academic paper, - or rewrite it as a philosophical manifesto. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCJ6-mw%3DxSm%3Dmr%3Do5O1Fx9BDd4ZpQgbyrJNCvucRfeYvYA%40mail.gmail.com.
