'Ever since the Greeks, we have been drunk with language! We have made a cage with words and shoved our God inside!'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Human language has trapped divine meaning in conceptual cages.
- In plain terms
- We use words to cage God and limit understanding.
- What can you take from it?
- Words can limit our understanding of God.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does language limit God?
- What lies beyond words?
Another view
Language is necessary to discuss abstract ideas.
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