And it’s still not a totally resolved issue. And let it not be. And we shouldn’t aim for resolution. It’s a dialectic intensity, a frisson which may account for most of the culture we’ve produced as a modern people: a new life that’s constantly and just barely out of reach at all times, and it’s that often exhausting struggle itself that’s the subject and the beauty of our civilization. Yes, a civilization.
See: Kostis Palamas as well.
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Jadde: from Bosnia to Bengal
Very interesting. How do you know about this figure, and where would you recommend one start reading his work in English, if there is a good translation of a good starting point?