Sunday, October 08, 2023

 

Illumination

Paul Valéry (1871-1945), Collected Works, Vol. 10: History and Politics, tr. Denise Folliot and Jackson Mathews (New York: Pantheon Books, 1962), p. 83:
We must make up our minds to dabble in examples. While dabbling we sometimes splash up a few drops of light.
The original, from Propos sur l'intelligence (Paris: A l'Enseigne de la Porte étroite, 1926), pp. 45-46:
Il faut se résoudre à patauger dans les exemples. Patauger, quelquefois, c'est aussi faire bondir deux ou trois gouttes de lumière.
Patauger = wade, splash, flounder.



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