The Living EyeThis volume is a translation of selections of L'Oeil vivant (1961 and 70). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. |
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Page 180
... present is the time of rest finally deserved , of knowledge finally achieved , of successful integration into the ... present is a time of degradation and corruption . But primitive man is also a “ brute " deprived of “ light , " whose ...
... present is the time of rest finally deserved , of knowledge finally achieved , of successful integration into the ... present is a time of degradation and corruption . But primitive man is also a “ brute " deprived of “ light , " whose ...
Page 181
... present to the benefit of the present : the ironist does not wish to belong to his past . Conversely , nostalgia interprets the difference between past and present to the benefit of the past : the nostalgic cannot bear to be the captive ...
... present to the benefit of the present : the ironist does not wish to belong to his past . Conversely , nostalgia interprets the difference between past and present to the benefit of the past : the nostalgic cannot bear to be the captive ...
Page 193
... present time . This compound past belongs to the realm of discourse rather than history . It is moored to the present , as it were , to the recent act of narration . As a result , the evocative writing makes a quasi - present of the ...
... present time . This compound past belongs to the realm of discourse rather than history . It is moored to the present , as it were , to the recent act of narration . As a result , the evocative writing makes a quasi - present of the ...
Contents
JeanJacques Rousseau and the Peril of Reflection | 14 |
Pseudonymous Stendhal | 78 |
The Critical Relation | 112 |
Copyright | |
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