All communication involves faith; indeed, some linguistician... - Terry Eagleton, Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate

"All communication involves faith; indeed, some linguisticians hold that the potential obstacles to acts of verbal understanding are so many and diverse that it is a minor miracle that they take place at all."

Tags

#Faith #Communication #linguistics

Share this quote

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

More quotes by Terry Eagleton, Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate

"[A] great deal of what we believe we do not know firsthand; instead we have faith in the knowledge of specialists."
— Terry Eagleton, Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate Read More
"[A] great deal of what we believe we do not know firsthand; instead we have faith in the knowledge of specialists."
— Terry Eagleton, Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate Read More