| Sumario: | An example for what Ferreira da Silva (1963) points to as "certain exaggerations and inaccuracies" ("certos exageros e inexatidões") might be Flusser's claim that language is of such utmost importance that both natural and human sciences "study the same reality: language", which is why according to Flusser "they are complementary disciplines" (Flusser 2018: 162). This relates to another influence on Flusser's understanding of language, apart from formal readings of "the great masters of language" (Flusser 2002: 201), such as Joyce, Goethe (who "is always with me" [Flusser 2002: 202]), Thomas Mann, and "the two most important influences of that period, Kafka and Rilke" (Flusser 2002: 202). Flusser, however, defending "the intimate closeness of language to our intellect" (Flusser 2018: 158), pleads for "the identification of intellect with language" (Flusser 2018: 159) and, moreover, to derive reality directly from language, a project called Sprachontologie (language ontology). All their problems could be solved by the study of language, Flusser contended, and all the humanities (Geisteswissenschaften [sciences of the spirit]) will turn into a study of language (Flusser 2 "Flusser equipara filosofia e conhecimento em geral com fenômenos puramente "linguísticos", afirmando a correspondência entre a realidade e o sistema simbólico da linguagem.".
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