July 2011
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“Only the Messiah himself consummates all history, in the sense that he alone...”
– From “The Theologico-Political Fragment”, from Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms and Autobiographical Writings
not-claudius asked: Thanks for reblogging the quote on Proust. I'm a huge fan of Walter Benjamin; his work is one reason I'd like to leave law to pursue comparative literature.
I know it doesn't get as much "play" as The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, but I always found his The Origin of German Tragic Drama to be a seminal work, especially in the narrative...
I know it doesn't get as much "play" as The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, but I always found his The Origin of German Tragic Drama to be a seminal work, especially in the narrative...
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imtackyandihatemyself:
“That terrible drug we take in loneliness”
Walter Benjamin
“There has never been anyone else with Proust’s ability to show us things;...”
– Walter Benjamin (via praxidikai)
“Nature creates similarities. One need only think of mimicry. The highest...”
– On the Mimetic Faculty, Walter Benjamin, 1933 (via khaksari)
“Walter Benjamin…captured not just the substance of reading but the...”
– “Unboxing Days and Nights” by Richard Brody, referencing “Unpacking my Library” from Illuminations
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“As Benjamin says, the handling of one’s books summons recollections of the...”
– From “Unboxing Days and Nights” by Richard Brody referencing “Unpacking my Library” from Illuminations
“Well, I think Benjamin at one point says that there is no point in exaggerating...”
– - W.G. Sebald, from an interview with Michael Silverblatt
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“All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.”
