Language is more than blood… more powerful than blood? I recognise “Language of the Third Reich”, it was a study on how language (most notably alien and eternal) was used to alter perceptions during the Third Reich’s reign. Maybe this quote means language can turn blood relatives against each other? Or that language can dehumanise a person to the point that seeing them die (their blood spilled?) doesn’t bother someone?
It is poetry. Given the context, it is a sentence which stresses the importance of language, to reflect and language and to use it properly. Language has grave consequences.
“LANGUAGE IS MORE THAN BLOOD’
-- Franz Rosenzweig, quoted in the book “Language of the Third Reich; a Philologist’s Notebook” by Holocaust survivor Victor Klemperer
Huh? Unless you are quoting from a fantasy story with an unusual magic system then I have no idea what you are talking about.
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Language is more than blood… more powerful than blood? I recognise “Language of the Third Reich”, it was a study on how language (most notably alien and eternal) was used to alter perceptions during the Third Reich’s reign. Maybe this quote means language can turn blood relatives against each other? Or that language can dehumanise a person to the point that seeing them die (their blood spilled?) doesn’t bother someone?
Yeah, I got nothing either.
It is poetry. Given the context, it is a sentence which stresses the importance of language, to reflect and language and to use it properly. Language has grave consequences.