“Opinions are to the vast apparatus of social existence what oil is to machines: one does not go up to a turbine and pour machine oil over it; one applies a little to hidden spindles and joints that one has to know.”
Book:One-Way Street
Quote by Walter Benjamin
Work
One-Way Street
This book compiles a series of essays and personal reflections, exploring a wide range of subjects from the author's perspective. 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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