> I lost all access to my language faculty...One moment I had thoughts. The next moment, after the last word blinked out of existence, I had only feelings. It'

> I lost all access to my language faculty...One moment I had thoughts. The next moment, after the last word blinked out of existence, I had only feelings. It's a common belief, but a myth, that you need language to think. You can tell you don't, like when you can't remember a word but you know what you are trying to say, or when can't remember someone's name but you remember everything about them. Deaf children (certainly before modern times), they know how to think no problem, but they don't have language.