"Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of
past experience, as the ground is the medium
in which dead cities lie interred."
Friday, May 14, 2010
Friday Philosophy
Walter Benjamin is one of my favorite 20th century philosophers, especially his work on art in the age of mechanical reproduction. Here's a comment of his on a slightly different topic:
"Memory is not an instrument for exploring
the past but its theatre. It is the medium of
past experience, as the ground is the medium
in which dead cities lie interred."
"Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of
past experience, as the ground is the medium
in which dead cities lie interred."
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