Northrop Frye Quotes about Language

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There is only one way to degrade mankind permanently and that is to destroy language.

There is only one way to degrade mankind permanently and that is to destroy language.

Northrop Frye

Way, Language, Mankind

Northrop Frye (2014). “The Northrop Frye Quote Book”, p.195, Dundurn

Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned and worked at.

Northrop Frye

Use, Speech, Language

"The Educated Imagination (Talk 6: The Vocation of Eloquence)". Book by Northrop Frye, 1963.

It seems clear that the Bible belongs to an area of language in which metaphor is functional, and were we have to surrender precision for flexibility.

Northrop Frye

Language, Surrender, Metaphor

"The Great Code: The Bible and Literature". Book by Northrop Frye, 1981.

Wherever illiteracy is a problem, it's as fundamental a problem as getting enough to eat or a place to sleep.

Northrop Frye

Sleep, Fundamentals, Language

Northrop Frye (2014). “The Northrop Frye Quote Book”, p.175, Dundurn

Northrop Frye Quotes about Language

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