Josh Conviser's Blog, page 30
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"Even if Kafka did not pray — and this we do not know — he still possessed in the highest degree what..."
“Even if Kafka did not pray — and this we do not know — he still possessed in the highest degree what Malebranche called ‘the natural prayer of the soul:’ attentiveness. And in this attentiveness he included all living creatures, as saints include them in their prayers.”
- from Walter Benjamin’s “Franz Kafka” (Illuminations, 1955)
- from Walter Benjamin’s “Franz Kafka” (Illuminations, 1955)
"In my formulation: ‘The Eternal is in any case far more the ruffle on a dress than some idea.’"
“In my formulation: ‘The Eternal is in any case far more the ruffle on a dress than some idea.’”
- Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project (via itfeltlikeakiss)
- Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project (via itfeltlikeakiss)
