conceptual language

is to be condemned, for it contains little more than 'dead metaphors,' totally inappropriate for the expression of the truth of the world.

In The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche condemns conceptual language for it contains little more than 'dead metaphors,' totally inappropriate for the expression of the truth of the world. We are but representations of the essence of reality, mere appearances of the 'indescribable-in-itself.' Once we forget that our concepts come from metaphorical origins, then the belief that concepts represent reality sinks in and entrenches our minds.

conceptual language, n.All

conceptual language