continue at Catholic EducationWell, we've been talking about beauty. Let's talk more about the beauty of language, and thus talk a little more about language.
JRR Tolkien; continue to see how he fits in.
The goal of the philosopher is logos. Logos, like its Chinese counterpart tao, is an incomparably profound and multivalent word which has many meanings, essentially three. First, the ultimate nature of things, the one source of all essential reality and intelligibility. Second, human intelligence, wisdom, understanding, truth, as the knowledge of that essential reality. Thirdly, right language, right communication or speech or word or argument, that is, the expression of that knowledge.
This is one of the most profound articles I've ever read.