Saturday, March 16, 2024

 

Progress?

Roberto Calasso (1941-2021), The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, tr. Tim Parks (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993), p. 103:
Every notion of progress is refuted by the existence of the Iliad. The perfection of the first step makes any idea of progressive ascension ridiculous.



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