Tag Archives: Elias Canetti

first world war: hysterical tremors

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Dave

No doubt we shall never understand the First World War completely. The malaise, the something sinister and strange lying beneath the prosperity of a seemingly newly minted modern age. The lust for violence, the belief in death and the ominous … Continue reading →

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BONFIRE OF THE DIVINITIES

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Dave

640 A.D. : According to legend, the caliph Omar burned all 200,000 volumes in the library at Alexandria in Egypt. In doing so, he said: “If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God they are useless … Continue reading →

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