In reply to Anguirel's point about the limits of any language:
I was reminded of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Syme excitedly realised that the old language was being replaced. The manipulation of the language meant that certain concepts would be abolished. The proles would not be able to talk about freedom because there was no language to talk about it in.
Just made me think, is all. Is it right to say that a language must encompass all? Perhaps not; but are there areas it necessarily must encompass — the real and solid world, for example? Maybe.
What about the language of the Angels, then? Or of the Platonic Forms? (
) Maybe our language does not touch on the more important things in the Universe at all.
Maybe it's all relative? Like, English is definitely a proper language
down here, and Quenya is not
here. And what of all other possible worlds? The world of the Elves — does it exist?
What am I talking about?
