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Kenneth Burke Quotes

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a ‘Fall’ is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated Picture Quote #1

Man is rotten with perfection Picture Quote #1

We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations Picture Quote #1

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator Picture Quote #1

A way of seeing is also a way of not seeing Picture Quote #1

Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning Picture Quote #1

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Dignity belongs to the conquered Picture Quote #1

Stories are equipment for living Picture Quote #1

Words are like planets, each with its own gravitational pull Picture Quote #1

Even if any given terminology is a reflection of reality, by its very nature as a terminology it must be a selection of reality; and to this extent it must function also as a deflection of reality Picture Quote #1

If decisions were a choice between alternatives, decisions would come easy. Decision is the selection and formulation of alternatives Picture Quote #1

You persuade a man only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image, attitude, idea, identifying your ways with his Picture Quote #1

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Rhetoric is rooted in an essential function of language itself, a function that is wholly realistic and continually born anew: the use of language as a symbolic means of inducing cooperation in beings that by nature respond to symbols Picture Quote #1

The use of words by human agents to form attitudes or induce actionsin other human agents Picture Quote #1

The progress of human enlightenment can go no further than in picturing people not as vicious, but as mistaken Picture Quote #1

Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable secular analogues that throw light upon the nature of language Picture Quote #1

Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality Picture Quote #1

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Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a ‘Fall’ is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated (Kenneth Burke Quotes) Man is rotten with perfection (Kenneth Burke Quotes) We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations (Kenneth Burke Quotes) Creation implies authority in the sense of originator (Kenneth Burke Quotes) A way of seeing is also a way of not seeing (Kenneth Burke Quotes) Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning (Kenneth Burke Quotes) Dignity belongs to the conquered (Kenneth Burke Quotes) Stories are equipment for living (Kenneth Burke Quotes) Words are like planets, each with its own gravitational pull (Kenneth Burke Quotes) Even if any given terminology is a reflection of reality, by its very nature as a terminology it must be a selection of reality; and to this extent it must function also as a deflection of reality (Kenneth Burke Quotes) If decisions were a choice between alternatives, decisions would come easy. Decision is the selection and formulation of alternatives (Kenneth Burke Quotes) You persuade a man only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image, attitude, idea, identifying your ways with his (Kenneth Burke Quotes) Rhetoric is rooted in an essential function of language itself, a function that is wholly realistic and continually born anew: the use of language as a symbolic means of inducing cooperation in beings that by nature respond to symbols (Kenneth Burke Quotes) The use of words by human agents to form attitudes or induce actionsin other human agents (Kenneth Burke Quotes) The progress of human enlightenment can go no further than in picturing people not as vicious, but as mistaken (Kenneth Burke Quotes) Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable secular analogues that throw light upon the nature of language (Kenneth Burke Quotes) Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality (Kenneth Burke Quotes)