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The Meaning of Words: Rob Riemen on Art and Communication
Posted: August 26, 2009
Tags: Friedrich Nietzsche, culture, Martin Heidegger, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, George Orwell
“When words no longer tell the truth, when words turn into lies, language dies, and we with the language. It is the first and foremost task of every poet, of every novelist, to write meaningful words, to write truthful words. You don’t have to be religious, or a philosopher, or a great expert on Plato to realize that a language cannot be without truth.”
