Must we mean what we say? - A Book of Essays

This is a remarkable, and now famous, volume of philosophical studies. The essays span and connect topics in the philosophy of language, aesthetics, and a criticism of literature, drama and music. The style and the range and integration of interests are alike individual, ambitious and arresting. The book is a distinguished personal work, of permanent interest and value. The essays span and connect topics in the philosophy of language, aesthetics, and a criticism of literature, drama and music. This is a remarkable, and now famous, volume of philosophical studies. That what we ordinarily say and men have a direct and deep control over what we can philosophically say and mean is an idea which many philosophers find oppressive.