“He who asks fortune-tellers the future unwittingly forfeits an inner intimation of coming events that is a thousand times more exact than anything they may say.”
Quote by Walter Benjamin
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Selected Writings: 1913-1926
This volume compiles a selection of the author's writings, showcasing their literary contributions and evolution over the specified time period. more
Author
Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin, born on July 15, 1892, and died on September 26, 1940, was a prominent German literary critic whose works profoundly influenced 20th-century literary criticism and cultural theory. more
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Source: The Acceptable Sacrifice
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“Desires going before conversion are not such as can calm a storming conscience.”
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Source: Naked emperors: essays of a taboo-stalker
Source: Philosophical Fragments