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Language

Ludwig Wittgenstein Quote: “One of the most misleading representational…”

One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word ‘I.’

October 30, 2021 1889, April 26, Austrian, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Quotes by Philosophers

Paul Ricoeur Quote: “Ordinary language carries with it conditions…”

Ordinary language carries with it conditions of meaning which it is easy to recognize by classifying the contexts in which the expression is employed in a meaningful manner.

October 28, 2021 1913, February 27, French, Paul Ricoeur, Quotes by Philosophers

Henri Bergson Quote: “There is nothing in philosophy which…”

There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.

October 24, 2021 1859, French, Henri Bergson, October 18, Quotes by Philosophers

Harriet Tubman Quote: “Why, der language down dar in…”

Why, der language down dar in de far South is jus’ as different from ours in Maryland, as you can think. Dey laughed when dey heard me talk, an’ I could not understand ‘dem, no how.

October 8, 2021 1820, American, Harriet Tubman, Quotes by Activists

John Holmes Quote: “To feel most beautifully alive means…”

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

October 6, 2021 1904, American, January 6, John Holmes, Quotes by Poets

Seamus Heaney Quote: “My language and my sensibility are…”

My language and my sensibility are yearning to admit a kind of religious or transcendent dimension. But then there’s the reality: there’s no Heaven, no afterlife of the sort we were promised, and no personal God.

October 3, 2021 1939, April 13, Irish, Quotes by Poets, Seamus Heaney

William Lyon Phelps Quote: “God speaks to me not through…”

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing.

September 29, 2021 1865, American, January 2, Quotes by Educators, William Lyon Phelps

Martin Heidegger Quote: “The German language speaks Being, while…”

The German language speaks Being, while all the others merely speak of Being.

September 20, 2021 1889, German, Martin Heidegger, Quotes by Philosophers, September 26

Temple Grandin Quote: “Language just gradually came in, one…”

Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn’t talk. I couldn’t get my words out. So the only way I could tell someone what I wanted was to scream. If I didn’t want to wear a hat, the only way I knew to communicate was screaming and throwing it on the floor.

September 19, 2021 1947, American, August 29, Quotes by Educators, Temple Grandin

Diane Ackerman Quote: “A poem records emotions and moods…”

A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.

September 18, 2021 1948, American, Diane Ackerman, October 7, Quotes by Poets

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