Πάρα πολύ ωραίο! Ένα άρθρο για την αξία των λέξεων, της σκέψης, της αναμονής, του στοχασμού, του Ανθρωπισμού - ως ιδέα και ως στάση. Is all this — is humanism — sentimental? But sentimentality is not always a counterfeit emotion. Sometimes sentiment is warranted by reality. The persistence of humanism through the centuries, in the face of formidable intellectual and social obstacles, has been owed to the truth of its representations of our complexly beating hearts, and to the guidance that it has offered, in its variegated and conflicting versions, for a soulful and sensitive existence. There is nothing soft about the quest for a significant life. And a complacent humanist is a humanist who has not read his books closely, since they teach disquiet and difficulty. In a society rife with theories and practices that flatten and shrink and chill the human subject, the humanist is the dissenter. Never mind the platforms. Our solemn responsibility is for the substance.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:44:34 +0000
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