Bird in the hand · 1 May 2008
To articulate the past historically does not mean to recognize it ‘the way it was...’ It means to seize hold of a memory as it flashes by in a moment of danger.
Walter Benjamin
Theses on the Philosophy of History, Section VI
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danger was my middle name.
Posted by: eeyore · May 1, 10:06 AM · #