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There is meaning in mystery; A unifying theory of meaning that explained it would destroy it by trivializing the mysterious
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Maybe for this reason, there cannot be a single theory of meaning, only one for each of its aspects, uniquely adapted to its nature
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I found a word for this (and "spoiling a joke through explanation"), but the etymology only works in German:
zerklären (zerstören+erklären)
