¶ Word Trends
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Index Entry
Word Trends:
"Key words and catch phrases trend by composite into cliche . Cliches trend by composite into rulesof thumb. Rules of thumb trend by composite into fables. At this point of most solid compression a trend to segregation supplants the trend of concentration–but along new lines.
"Scripture trends by first division into ‘Religious’ and ‘Civilized’ law. Thence these two formalized trends double back to common man as dogma, which is the official interpretation of the meaning of the laws by the professional authorities.
“The dogma manifolds into canons and statutes. Thence by vulgar proclivity the laws trend to ultimate disintegration–as dynamic man resents and fractures his self-entrapment.”
¶ Citations
- Motion Economics, Ch. 1; May’44
