Man lives 'in' meanings, in that which is.... : Quote by Paul Tillich

“ Man lives 'in' meanings, in that which is valid logically, esthetically, religiously. The most fundamental expression of this fact is the language which gives man the power to abstract from the concretely given and, after having abstracted from it, to return to it, to interpret and transform it. The most vital being is the being which has the word and is by the word liberated from bondage to the given. ”

Paul Tillich
  • From : The Courage to Be
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