Ayer thinks that metaphysicians are misplaced poets.
Ayer thinks that metaphysicians are misplaced poets.
Metaphysicians generally intend to speak the literal truth about reality; but they produce only nonsensical sentences.
Poets, on the other hand, care more about the emotional impact of their words. Poets seldom speak nonsense; when they do, it's for the sake of the emotional impact of this language.
So metaphysicians and poets have very different aims.
Ayer thinks that metaphysicians are misplaced poets.
Metaphysicians generally intend to speak the literal truth about reality; but they produce only nonsensical sentences.
Poets, on the other hand, care more about the emotional impact of their words. Poets seldom speak nonsense; when they do, it's for the sake of the emotional impact of this language.
So metaphysicians and poets have very different aims.