Benjaminian “Rettung”: The Philosopher between the Animal & the Poet
For Montaigne, Nietzsche, or Benjamin, the ultimate purpose of philosophy becomes manifest as extasis before an easy slope — light and graceful after the manner of the heavenly vault; a delicate surface — the speckled epidermis of the ocean —, or trembling foliage.In order to approach the poetic re...
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E-rea
2012
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | For Montaigne, Nietzsche, or Benjamin, the ultimate purpose of philosophy becomes manifest as extasis before an easy slope — light and graceful after the manner of the heavenly vault; a delicate surface — the speckled epidermis of the ocean —, or trembling foliage.In order to approach the poetic relationship to the landscape — landscape that can only be understood as space inhabited by animals — we may place, at the core of such an exploration, like so many undisclosed enigmas, the animals, ... |
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