Monday, June 12, 2017

QQC #6

Quote: "In referring to the misuse of symbols, I have in mind not only
such demagogic tricks as I have already mentioned. I also think
of "psychogenic illnesses," violent dislocations of bodily motion
due to the improperly criticized action of symbolicity. A certain
kind of food may be perfectly wholesome, so far as its sheer mate-
rial nature is concerned. And people in some areas may particu-
larly prize it. But our habits may be such that it seems to us loath-
some; and under those conditions, the very thought of eating it
may be nauseating to us."


Question: What do you think the authors opinion on Locke's sentiments on rhetoric are with this concept of "symbols" in mind?

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