tomas abraham

“Para comprender la intención de Lou Andreas-Salomé, hay que remontarse hasta su primer ensayo biográfico sobre Nietzsche, donde había dejado la simiente de una preocupación que se ahondaría en su vida hasta convertirla en discípula de Sigmund Freud: el proceso de la creación poética como estigma que compromete la salud física y mental del gran creador. Eso que en Nietzsche ella había detectado como una “enfermedad imparable”, lo ve en Rilke en sus manifestaciones más tempranas, y siente –como había presentido en Nietzsche– que se esconde allí un conflicto religioso gestado en la infancia, el mismo, quizás, que ella había escondido detrás del enigma de su esfumada fe infantil. Por eso, Rilke y Andreas-Salomé preparan minuciosamente y emprenden dos viajes sucesivos por Rusia, en 1898 y 1899 para develar juntos el enigma de la devoción en la Pascua Rusa.”
― Lou Andreas-Salomé, Rainer Maria Rilke

“killed and 1,885 were wounded. Within a very short time, the riots had become a full-scale uprising—the al-Aqsa intifada.”
― Avi Shlaim, The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World

“Our view is that nihilism is every bit as closed-minded as fanaticism, and that neither is a sufficient ground on which to base a livable life. But”
― Hubert L. Dreyfus, All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age

“Sharon’s worldview was rigidly ethnocentric. From day one in office he called himself “the prime minister of the Jews.” He usually spoke about “Jews,” not about “Israelis.” Although he was a secular Jew, he was proud to be a son of the Jewish people and made frequent references to their history and legacy. He genuinely believed that the Jews were a chosen people with a unique culture, extraordinary talents, and superior moral standards. The other side of this belief consisted of a very low opinion of the Arabs in general and of the Palestinians in particular. For him the Palestinians were not a partner on the road to peace but a bitter and implacable enemy and, to use his own words, a “murderous and treacherous people.”2 His callousness and his indifference to their suffering were displayed on innumerable occasions.”
― Avi Shlaim, The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World