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I Am an Impure Thinker
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Paperback, 243 pages
Published
2001
by Argo Books
(first published May 1st 1969)
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No time to review, but for now, I'll just quote Eugene Peterson about this book:
"Not a book strictly about prayer, but about language and the various ways we use and misuse it. I have learned as much indirectly from this German who immigrated to America, this Jew who converted to Christianity, than from most who write directly on prayer" (17, Take & Read: Spiritual Reading, An Annotated List).
You are not likely to read anything else like this book, unless its another Rosenstock-Huessy book. ...more
"Not a book strictly about prayer, but about language and the various ways we use and misuse it. I have learned as much indirectly from this German who immigrated to America, this Jew who converted to Christianity, than from most who write directly on prayer" (17, Take & Read: Spiritual Reading, An Annotated List).
You are not likely to read anything else like this book, unless its another Rosenstock-Huessy book. ...more

Os livros de Rosenstock deveriam ser traduzidos para o português. Somente a Origem da Linguagem foi traduzido.
É muito pouco para se tirar proveito deste gigante.
Temas sobre a linguagem, família, discurso são abordados com maestria no I am an impure Thinker. Entretanto, a profundidade maior será encontrada no Out of Revolution, uma obra de arte.
A genialidade do livro I am an Impure Thinker pode ser resumida:
“Truth is divine and has been divinely revealed-credo ut intelligum.
Truth is pure and c ...more
É muito pouco para se tirar proveito deste gigante.
Temas sobre a linguagem, família, discurso são abordados com maestria no I am an impure Thinker. Entretanto, a profundidade maior será encontrada no Out of Revolution, uma obra de arte.
A genialidade do livro I am an Impure Thinker pode ser resumida:
“Truth is divine and has been divinely revealed-credo ut intelligum.
Truth is pure and c ...more

I've been reading bits and pieces of this for a while, but recently dipped back in with more attention and have been blown away by a couple of pieces especially.
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Eugen Rosenstock-Hüssy (July 6, 1888 – February 24, 1973) was a historian and social philosopher, whose work spanned the disciplines of history, theology, sociology, linguistics and beyond. Born in Berlin, Germany into a non-observant Jewish family, the son of a prosperous banker, he converted to Christianity in his late teens, and thereafter the interpretation and reinterpretation of Christianity
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