Susanne Langer Quote

The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any answer to it — right or wrong — may be given.


Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite, and Art (1942)


The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any answer to it — right or wrong — may be given.

The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any answer to it — right or wrong — may be given.

The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any answer to it — right or wrong — may be given.

The way a question is asked limits and disposes the ways in which any answer to it — right or wrong — may be given.