To Picard the theologian, silence is the context of consciousness while language is the expression of creation.
Evidence
Picard, Max: World of Silence - Book Reviews (Hermitary)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Silence is a positive, self-contained reality rather than mere absence. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 19; For Picard, silence is not an absence of sound or a void, but has substance and its own reality — silence has Being. — Max Picard’s Silence; Silence carries deeper meaning and value than speech does. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 16 (+11 more)
Related
- For Picard, silence is not an absence of sound or a void, but has substance and its own reality — silence has Being. (similarity 0.90)
- Silence is a primary, objective reality which cannot be traced back to anything else, preserving the mark of the Divine in creation. (similarity 0.90)
- Silence is a positive, a reality, and language has the power to make assertions about all reality. (similarity 0.87)
- Perfect silence equates to infinity and is the precondition for existence (similarity 0.83)
- Silence is a positive presence rather than mere absence (similarity 0.82)
- Silence is not the mere absence of something else, but a complex positive phenomenon (similarity 0.82)
- All creation emerges from the fertile womb of silence, which is a positive, complete world unto itself, properly called divine and holy. (similarity 0.81)
- Silence is nothing merely negative; it is not the mere absence of speech, but has a kind of Being of its own. (similarity 0.81)
- Silence shapes the very vocabulary people use to describe experience. (similarity 0.81)
- Cage’s philosophy of silence developed toward recognition of its positive quality as a substantive presence rather than mere negation. (similarity 0.81)
- Silence is not the absence of something but the presence of everything, the presence of time, undisturbed. (similarity 0.81)
- Silence is nothing merely negative; it is a positive, a complete world in itself (similarity 0.80)
- Silence is an active presence that must be experienced, not imagined (similarity 0.80)
- Silence is considered a speech act with illocutionary force, capable of transmitting different meanings across communicative contexts. (similarity 0.80)
- Natural silence is a positive presence felt in the body (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Silence is a positive presence rather than mere absence
#expands(0.80) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1294 - Silence shapes the very vocabulary people use to describe experience.
#expands(0.75) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1615 - Silence is an active presence that must be experienced, not imagined
#expands(0.75) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 26 - Perfect silence equates to infinity and is the precondition for existence
#corroborates(0.70) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 534 - Silence carries deeper meaning and value than speech does.
#corroborates(0.60) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 16