«Io credo che all'uomo un certo tipo di orgoglio sia permesso: l'orgoglio di chi, nella prigione buia del mondo, non si dà per vinto e non smette di occuparsi dello stato delle cose».
Cento anni di Ingeborg Bachmann, nata il 25 giugno 1926.
there is something very spiritually harrowing about being in a packed subway, next to a pregnant, elderly or disabled person & nobody giving up their seat, just staring endlessly into their phones
"Earlier this year the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published figures showing that American philosophy graduates are more likely to have jobs than their peers who studied computer science." https://t.co/LQDIsWBxig
Summer books 2026; ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ reconsidered; the Declaration of Independence at 250; how football sold itself; woes of the reviewers – and much more. Out now: https://t.co/vCAMLjcF5A
More than a century ago, long before smartphones and social feeds, Ukrainian modernist writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi sensed our modern need for stillness with startling clarity.
https://t.co/lvM3O02vvT
Both Ukraine and Poland have so-called Institutes of National Remembrance/Memory, government bodies that focus on proving that the respective country was most heroic, most victimized, most valiant and otherwise a flawless example to the human race through modern history.
That’s where the demons of 20th century toxic nationalism brew.
The Polish president, Karol Nawrocki, was the head of that institute until his election last year.
I'll be reading from this book later today at the CounterText roundtable in University College, Oxford, with a commentary on Klossowski https://t.co/S1xYmAic2f
Hoje celebra-se o aniversário de Machado de Assis (Rio de Janeiro, 21.06.1839 – 29.09.1908).
"Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas" faz, juntamente com "Os Maias", o meu par de livros preferidos da língua portuguesa.
PDFS of SCHOPENHAUER are IN if any of you want to take an early peak at it or are interested in reviewing it. Shoot me a DM and I’ll hit you up with a copy!
Never forgave Zelensky for standing up to him in Kyiv and refusing to sign away Ukraine’s mineral rights. According to our correspondent who saw Bessent, immediately afterwards, he was trembling after meeting Zelensky
Targeting the Orange House, a known environmental conservation project, and killing its soul Mona Khalil, is nothing short of terrorism by Israeli forces.
The goal is to drive all civilians out of South Lebanon.
“Il est le temps de sidération qui précède la parole vraie. Il est ce temps suspendu… Il est cette mutation du chaos qui précède sans cesse le langage…
Le mot grec de chaos lui-même dit la face qui se fend ; il dit la bouche humaine qui s’ouvre.”
— Pascal Quignard