>A word ... is the skin of a living thought<

Dear all,
I think this thread merits to be reactivated. It has the potential to return some much-needed depth to the talk.
The word as the skin of a living thought, among other attractions, brings a sort of synthesis to the long-standing philosophical dilemma of whether a thought can exist without words preexisting. The skin is an integrating part of an organism, growing together with it.