Dignity belongs to the conquered.
About Kenneth Burke
Kenneth Duva Burkewas an American literary theorist, as well as poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory. As a literary theorist, Burke was best known for his analyses based on the nature of knowledge.
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For no continuity of social act is possible without a corresponding social status and the many different kinds of act required in an industrial state, with its high degree of specialization, make for corresponding classification of status.
American philosopher and literary critic (1897-1993)
Men seek for vocabularies that are reflections of reality. To this end, they must develop vocabularies that are selections of reality. And any selection of reality must, in certain circumstances, function as a deflection of reality.
American philosopher and literary critic (1897-1993)
We not only interpret the character of events… we may also interpret our interpretations.
American philosopher and literary critic (1897-1993)
Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a ‘Fall’ is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated.
American philosopher and literary critic (1897-1993)
Dignity belongs to the conquered.
American philosopher and literary critic (1897-1993)
Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable secular analogues that throw light upon the nature of language.
American philosopher and literary critic (1897-1993)