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Fig. 1.14
Instructions on Voyager's plaque
full list of everything on the record. Warner News Media, including a CD-ROM that
replicates the Voyager record, reissued “Murmurs of Earth” in 1992. The CD-ROM
is made available for purchase.
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1.2.5
“Ceci n'est pas une Pipe”
“Ceci n'est pas une pipe” is a famous statement made by Belgian surrealist Rene
Magritte (1898-1967) in his oil painting in 1929 “The Treachery of Images.” The
picture of a pipe, Fig.
1.15
, is underlined by the thought-provoking subtitle in
French - “This is not a pipe.”
Obviously, the “image” pipe is not a real pipe; it doesn't share any physical
properties or functionality of a real pipe. On the other hand, this surrealistic painting
certainly makes us think deeper about the role of our language. The apparent
contradiction between the visual message conveyed by the picture of a pipe and the
statement made in words underlines the nature of language and interrelationships
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