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Kenneth Burke

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Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated.


— Kenneth Burke


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Dignity belongs to the conquered.


— Kenneth Burke


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Our purpose is simply to ask how theological principles can be shown to have usable secular analogues that throw light upon the nature of language.


— Kenneth Burke


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We not only interpret the character of events... we may also interpret our interpretations.


— Kenneth Burke


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In later life his New Jersey farm was a popular summer retreat for his extended family as reported by his grandson Harry Chapin a contemporary popular song artist. In 1919 he married Lily Mary Batterham with whom he had three daughters: the late feminist Marxist anthropologist Eleanor Leacock (1922–1987); musician (Jeanne) Elspeth Chapin Hart (b. He died of heart failure at his home in Andover New Jersey.

Kenneth Duva Burke (May 5 1897 – November 19 1993) was an American literary theorist and philosopher. He would later return to the university to lecture and teach.

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