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Abuse of Language, Abuse of Speech by Josef Pieper is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Abuse of Language, Abuse of Speech about?
One of the great Catholic philosophers of our day reflects on the way language has been abused so that, instead of being a means of communicating the truth and entering more deeply into it, and of the acquisition of wisdom, it is being used to control people and manipulate them to achieve practical ends. Reality becomes intelligible through words. Man speaks so that through naming things, what is real may become intelligible. This mediating character of language, however, is being increasingly c
Who reads Abuse of Language, Abuse of Speech?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Josef Pieper
- Publisher
- San Francisco, Calif.: Ignatius Press
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780898703627
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Language Learning
- Rating
- 4.21 / 5 (135 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14