Nietzsche Spoken Language Analysis

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Nietzsche on Spoken Word:
To Nietzsche, there is no such thing as the truth. It is a human construct made of subjective terms. Our entire language, our way of communicating between life, does not exist outside of our humanity; nature cares not for truth or lies. To Nietzsche, metaphors are as close to the truth that man can reach because every language-based concept is simply our association between a symbolic representation of our experience and the physical thing. To him, concepts are metaphors that do not correspond to reality. We use metaphors and other literary devices to convey our feelings when words fail us. An example would be saying “she was drowning in a sea of grief,” as she is not literally drowning, but she is stricken with grief. Spoken word …show more content…

Poets speak not in “truth” but in literary devices because they heighten emotions and are understood by a vast majority. When explaining a situation to someone who has never experienced it, a simile or metaphor is the only way to convey how you felt at the time. Instead of struggling to find words to convey the love and adoration you felt, compare your love for him to the lightness of the summer breeze, and how it lifts your soul. The truth is simply an illusion that has been used so long that it seems to no longer be one. Nietzsche once said “Truths are illusions which we have forgotten are illusions; they are metaphors that have become worn out and have been drained of sensuous force, coins which have lost their embossing and are now considered as metal and no longer coins”. Man is so enamored with the construct of truth that he will cling to it to hold up the illusions that truth is real. Spoken poets understand the fragility of truth and the delicacy they must handle it with. Writers acknowledge that our language cannot fully support itself, and needs others to build onto the foundation to built. Human minds are powerful, but this is not always enough, metaphors are as close to the

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