Monday, June 12, 2017

QQC - Burke

Quote: "I am saying in one way what St. Paul said in another when he told his listeners that "Faith comes from hearing." He had a doctrine which, if his readers were persuaded to accept it, would direct a body somewhat differently from the way it would have moved and been moved in its daily rounds under the earlier pagan dispensation." (Burke, pg. 495)

Question: Are words more likely to persuade and change us for the good, or is there a possibility of them corrupting us? Is it possible for words to have the ability to do both at the same time?
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownJune 12, 2017 at 9:44 AM

    I think the answer to this question is the latter. It really depends on the intentions of the orator themselves and the ability of those listening to detect words of bad intention or good.

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  2. astoldbyautumnnJune 12, 2017 at 9:49 AM

    I agree with Bella. Since words are essentially one of the only forms of communication we are familiar with, we use them and abuse them to our advantage. It's all about how words are used, and the motives of the person using them. That's the only way we will know their impact.

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  3. Marvin WilliamsJune 12, 2017 at 10:55 AM

    Going along with the consensus, I also believe that the orator's intentions have to be taken into account. The ideas and beliefs that we develop or just come into contact with over the course of our lives all vary from good and bad. One may genuinely have faith in what they are saying and believe it to be good while another may see it as corruption.

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  4. UnknownJune 12, 2017 at 11:00 AM

    I think the intention might always be to persuade someone to change for good, but that's assuming that everybody always has the best intentions. In that way I think it's possible for words to do harm and positive at the same time, because one person's good might be another's bad.

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