Wednesday, November 19, 2003
�One�s prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must live it to the full.�
- Muriel Spark (b. 1918), British novelist: Miss Brodie in �The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie�, 1961.
�In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Saviour is crucified.�
- Hermann Hesse (1877 � 1962), German novelist and poet: the narrator (Sinclair), in prologue to �Demian�, 1960.
�In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonour or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying fools. Now the fact is that there is no Extreme Unction to absolve us of foolishness. We endure it here on earth as subjective eternity.�
- Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929), French semiologist: �Cool Memories�, 1987, tr. 1990.
�Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice.�
- Allan Bloom (1930 � 1992), America educator and author: �The Closing of the American Mind�, 1987.
- Muriel Spark (b. 1918), British novelist: Miss Brodie in �The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie�, 1961.
�In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Saviour is crucified.�
- Hermann Hesse (1877 � 1962), German novelist and poet: the narrator (Sinclair), in prologue to �Demian�, 1960.
�In days gone by, we were afraid of dying in dishonour or a state of sin. Nowadays, we are afraid of dying fools. Now the fact is that there is no Extreme Unction to absolve us of foolishness. We endure it here on earth as subjective eternity.�
- Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929), French semiologist: �Cool Memories�, 1987, tr. 1990.
�Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice.�
- Allan Bloom (1930 � 1992), America educator and author: �The Closing of the American Mind�, 1987.
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