Now, whatever it is that transpires in the creation of sound by the voice is a showing of whatever affections there may be in the soul, and the written is a showing of the sounds of the voice. Hence, just as writing is not identical among all human beings, so too the sounds of the voice are not identical. However, that of which these are in the first place a showing are among all identical affections of the soul; and the matters of which these form approximating presentations are likewise identical.
Aristotle, On Utterance.
trns. by M. Heidegger.
The alteration of the sign--from that which shows to that
which designates--is based on a transformation in the essence of truth.
-Heidegger, The Way to Language.
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