WORDS: A PHILOSOPHICAL NOTE
WORDS: A PHILOSOPHICAL NOTE © 31/12/ 2020 CHIBU NDUBUISI Peace be upon you. Words become works- Seneca Words create worlds- Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Words became flesh and dwelt among us-John 1;14 As the year 2020 draws to an end, we have come to know and understand the meaning of words like ‘COVID 19’, Lockdown, Quarantine, Social distancing, Face mask, Palliatives, have all come to define the year 2020. We have seen and witnessed how these words have created so much work for people, created so many worlds and made flesh of so many variables in our lives that were not operating optimally or lying fallow and equally tearing some worlds apart and building other worlds. Jonathan Sacks notes that”you change the world not by the idea of power but by the power of ideas” these ideas are rooted in words. Joe Biden equally quipped that “you change the world not by the example of power but by the power of example” and these exa