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  • “In the twentieth-century America, he went looking for the sublime and found only the ridiculous. How could any thinking person see it otherwise?”

    “In the twentieth-century America, he went looking for the sublime and found only the ridiculous. How could any thinking person see it otherwise?”

    Sullivan, James. “Warm-Up.” Seven Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin. Da Capo Press:…

  • “Have you ever had a dramatic change of heart or a strong emotional response after looking at something as simple as a billboard or a commercial?”

    “Have you ever had a dramatic change of heart or a strong emotional response after looking at something as simple as a billboard or a commercial?”

    Shabo, Magedah E. Techniques of Propaganda & Persuasion. Prestwick House: Delaware, 2005 (Page 5).  ME:  In…

  • “Or should we perhaps talk instead of Penelope’s labour of forgetting?”

    “Or should we perhaps talk instead of Penelope’s labour of forgetting?”

    Benjamin, Walter. “Picturing Proust.” The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Penguin Books:…

  • “I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight. Do you understand this feeling?”

    “I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight. Do you understand this feeling?”

    Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin). Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. Project Gutenberg: Illinois, 2025. Retrieved: January 25,…

  • “Why is psychology the youngest of the empirical sciences?”

    “Why is psychology the youngest of the empirical sciences?”

    Jung, C.G., The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious: The Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 9,…

  • “Shall I confess that I often imagine he did finish it and that I read the Quixote—all of it—as if Menard had conceived it?”

    “Shall I confess that I often imagine he did finish it and that I read the Quixote—all of it—as if Menard had conceived it?”

    Borges, Jorge Luis. “Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote.” Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings. New Directions Publishing Corporation:…

  • “To what extent is verbal capability bound up with moral sensitivity?”

    “To what extent is verbal capability bound up with moral sensitivity?”

    Eagleton, Terry. Critical Revolutionaries. Yale University Press, Connecticut: 2023 (page 5).  Me:  Accompanying Eagleton’s first question…

  • “Why is it an eagle and not a raven and not a fox and not an angel?”

    “Why is it an eagle and not a raven and not a fox and not an angel?”

    von Franz, Marie-Louise. The Interpretation of Fairy Tales. Revised Edition. Shambhala Publications: New York, 1996 (page…

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