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“If a serious statement is defined as one that may be made in terms of waking life, poetry will never rise to the level of seriousness. It lies beyond seriousness, on that more primitive and original level where the child, the animal, the savage, and the seer belong, in the region of dream, enchantment, ecstasy, laughter. To understand poetry we must be capable of donning the child's soul like a magic cloak and of forsaking man's wisdom for the child's.”
― Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture
― Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture
“I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place”
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“Ἡ Ποίηση, ποὺ ἀπὸ τὴ φύση της δὲν ἀρκεῖται ποτὲ στὴ μία ὄψη τῶν πραγμάτων, ἔφτασε νά ΄ναι στὶς ἡμέρες μας ἡ μόνη πραγματικὰ ἐπικίνδυνη γιὰ τοὺς ἑκάστοτε κρατοῦντες. Ἐφ΄ ᾧ καὶ οἱ πιὸ ἔξυπνοι ἀπ’ αὐτοὺς τὴ βάζουν τώρα τελευταῖα νὰ φωνάζει «ἐλευθερία», ὅπως οἱ κλέφτες γιὰ νὰ τρομάξει ὁ νοικοκύρης -ὡσότου ὁ ἀφανισμός της συντελεσθεῖ.
Τριάντα αἰώνες καὶ πλέον ὁ ἄνθρωπος πασχίζει νὰ βάλει τὴ μία λέξη κοντὰ στὴν ἄλλη μὲ τέτοιον τρόπο ποὺ ἡ σκέψη νὰ ἐξαναγκάζεται νὰ παίρνει καινούργιες στροφές. Ἰδοὺ ποὺ γιὰ πρώτη φορὰ ἡ λειτουργία αὐτὴ σταμάτησε.
Εἴμαστε πανέτοιμοι γιὰ τὴ βλακεία.
"Ἀναφορά στὸν Ἀνδρέα Ἐμπειρίκο”
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Τριάντα αἰώνες καὶ πλέον ὁ ἄνθρωπος πασχίζει νὰ βάλει τὴ μία λέξη κοντὰ στὴν ἄλλη μὲ τέτοιον τρόπο ποὺ ἡ σκέψη νὰ ἐξαναγκάζεται νὰ παίρνει καινούργιες στροφές. Ἰδοὺ ποὺ γιὰ πρώτη φορὰ ἡ λειτουργία αὐτὴ σταμάτησε.
Εἴμαστε πανέτοιμοι γιὰ τὴ βλακεία.
"Ἀναφορά στὸν Ἀνδρέα Ἐμπειρίκο”
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Athens Books & Thoughts
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