…si spunea:
Language is a powerful means of propaganda. It’s the most public and the most secret at the same time. The effect of this propaganda isn’t produced by speeches, articles, and flyers. It seeps into the masses’ flesh and blood. Did you know we don’t have poor people anymore? Only people on modest incomes… words [...]
Dupa ce am vazut acest film, am cautat special in dictionar semnificatiile cuvantului bestial. Caci, in unele contexte, el este folosit intr-un mod, cumva, pozitiv. Nu si aici.
Ascultand discurile publicate de proiectul Dowland, which is
an attempt to re-discover the essence of renaissance song from the point of view of a modern performer
mi-am adus aminte de ce scria Herder cu ceva milenii in urma intr-una din carticelele sale numita, in orig., Fragmente über die neuere deutsche Literatur:
Oh accursed word “classical”! It has transformed [...]
Alaturarea celor doi termeni din titlul acestui post a reprezentat intotdeauna pentru mine o problema. Personal cred ca statutul de intelectual si cel de crestin, dincolo de o anumita limita, sunt incompatibile. Citeam astazi intr-un articol despre Imparatul Flavius Claudius Julianus:
The Emperor viewed Christianity, with its anti-social and anti-intellectual strains as fundamentally incompatible with all [...]
