Is it true there were no individuals before the word 'I' was created? That before this there was no one who...

Question

as an idividual seperated by the rest, or at least part od the other yet with his own ability to creat his ego, conscious/unconsciously ??

english is not my mother tongue

Answer 1

umm...i doubt it...youre still going to have thoughts and feelings about yourself as an individual.

thats like saying before there was a word for "oxygen" it wasnt there...

Answer 2

Nope!

How do you refer to yourself?!

Answer 3

chimps are selfish and they dont even *have* words...

Answer 4

I agree with you. The first words had to be nouns.  Touchable things. Pronouns and verbs would have come into being later as they are abstract thought. Even names are abstract thought. It seems to me that thinking as oneself as an individual is abstract thought.  Good question. This is the best I could do link wise.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=anci...

Answer 5

That guess is wishful thinking. We have no information of what the original human language consisted of. However, even my cats behave as indiviiduals.