Thoughts without words carry dimensions and relationships one to another (i.e. relativity). Words are learned from a repetition of the dimension or relationship creating an oral tradition. In meditation for instance, one can think without conjuring words, but they may not be mature.

Oral Tradition: Necessity is the mother of invention.

St. Paul:

“[…offer our prayers to the Lord in words…]”

But see, “with groaning…of the spirit…tongues.”

Word as language; the “language” of computers or artificial intelligence; Presumed language of extraterrestrials or “God”; language of music or the cosmos; other signs and codes.

“Man by nature is a social being.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau [The Enlightenment].

Question:

Raison d’etre?

Response:

Les autres. [French; English translation: Our reason for being? Others.]