language was morality. Language was integrity. To corrupt language was to corrupt society and individual alike.

2016年3月17日下午7:18 · 

Peter Drucker 說，社會生態學家的要求之一是：尊重語言( respect for language.)......Karl Kraus 為20世紀德文的大師，被翻譯成"他是當時最優秀的德語語言學家"。

And for Kraus, language was morality. Language was integrity. To corrupt language was to corrupt society and individual alike."克勞斯認為，語言就是道德，是誠實的秉性。腐蝕語言，就是腐蝕社會和個人。" (頁244)

梁永安譯： 語言是道德的體現，是誠正的體現，語言的失序會同時帶來社會與個人的失序。

Karl Kraus (writer) - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Kraus_(writer)Karl Kraus (April 28, 1874 – June 12, 1936) was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a ... Kraus enrolled as a law student at the University of Vienna in 1892. Beginning in April of the same year, he began contributing to the paper Wiener ...

And for Kraus, language was morality. Language was integrity. To corrupt language was to corrupt society and individual alike. (The Ecological Vision: Reflections on the American Condition By Peter Drucker, p.455)



先談corruption of language ，這有點專門用語，尤其在政治論述上，譬如說，中共的許多用語，它們迷惑人心，譬如，"學習"，"思想複雜"......。
所以，這是一種語言的品質沉淪與衰敗。Kraus 的德文，當然很明顯有這種倒退，或許第一次世界大戰前後尤烈，而Drucker的，則可能是Hilter崛起。
另外一點，我很重視原文的句號標點，它表示談另外層次等，理應是強調，該遵守。
integrity 除了承接morality，語言本身也有其整體和純正。
我原先是介紹"幾乎一生獨立/個人辦報"的 Kraus。
"就他而言，語言就是道德。語言就是一體。扭曲語言就會讓社會與個人都更無品質。"