Have any of you read George Orwell's truthful essay Politics and the English Language? I'm betting at least a few of you have. I only discovered it recently. I recommend that anyone who hasn't read it do so now. It's a remarkable thing. His insight is straightforward and clear, down-to-earth, simple; exact.
I've been dwelling on what he says a lot recently, due to certain discussions I've been having. He speaks the truth. And I hope you'll agree.
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"Trewna at I am come tae bring peace oan the yird; I amna come tae bring peace, bit a suird." ~ The Christ.
("Do not think that I have come to bring trite peace on earth; I do not bring peace, but a sword.")
"...an he will baptize ye wi the Hailie Speerit an fire." ~ John the Baptist.
("...he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.")
If the spiritual being known as the Christ is truth itself, and the world is choked with lies and mendacity, then the truth will feel, to the liars and the mendacious, like a purging fire, or the sword of a strong, mounted knight careering into their midst and swinging that sword for all that it's worth. It will not feel good; but it will be good.
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I've been dwelling on what he says a lot recently, due to certain discussions I've been having. He speaks the truth. And I hope you'll agree.
***
"Trewna at I am come tae bring peace oan the yird; I amna come tae bring peace, bit a suird." ~ The Christ.
("Do not think that I have come to bring trite peace on earth; I do not bring peace, but a sword.")
"...an he will baptize ye wi the Hailie Speerit an fire." ~ John the Baptist.
("...he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.")
If the spiritual being known as the Christ is truth itself, and the world is choked with lies and mendacity, then the truth will feel, to the liars and the mendacious, like a purging fire, or the sword of a strong, mounted knight careering into their midst and swinging that sword for all that it's worth. It will not feel good; but it will be good.
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always with the Christ!
what's the Orwell about exactly? the effect of language on thought? there is/was that school of philosophy positing that words incontrovertibly shape our minds, and the(ir) concern is that we have all these neat little notions like "the state" and "the common man" that don't necessarily exist; they are pernicious spectres pulling important levers inside our heads...