Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Quotes
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy was a German-American Christian philosopher of speech, history, and the social sciences. After a youthful conversion from Judaism to Christianity that issued in his celebrated correspondence with Franz Rosenzweig, he taught at Breslau and Heidelberg before emigrating to the United States in 1933, where he held a long professorship at Dartmouth. The quotes below are attributed to Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, organized by topic.
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy on Mind
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Attributed to Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy:
“I am addressed, therefore I am.”
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy on Politics
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Attributed to Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy:
“The grammar of social life is the imperative, not the indicative.”
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy on Time
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Attributed to Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy:
“History is the listening to and answering of the calls of those before us.”
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Attributed to Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy:
“Our task is to renew the times by renewing the language.”
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy on Truth
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Attributed to Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy:
“Names precede nouns; speech precedes thought.”