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In Memory of Walter Benjamin

NR. 113

monumenttomodesty:

“Die Stunden, welche die Gestalt enthalten,
Sind in dem Haus des Traumes abgelaufen.”

                                                            -Walter Benjamin (Einbahnstraße)

(The hours, which contain the form*,
pass away** in the house of dreams.)

*Gestalt: complete, irreducible whole figure/self. There isn’t really an equivalent in English since we technically just borrow the German word.

**abgelaufen: pass away, expire, finish, fall short

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  1. soredemonao said: That’s the thing about Ger. And Fr. Some words just don’t translate. Great quote!

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