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@TGBelt @noonessleep Hello, Thomas! In truth, I sense a worthy answer embraces a semiotic radiance transcending traditional modes of expression. I can, however, approach a greater assimilative space 'hypertextually.' My subtweet above, opens a dimension upon your question. Perhaps a baptismal dip?

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 30 Aug 2022

@noonessleep George Steiner spoke of "the honest treason of the comparatist, the translator; a persistent infidelity to any one tradition, culture or community of recognition." Ultimately, the greater assimilative space of a planetary prophetology? Hillman: "Words, like angels, are powers."

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Quoted by@trippfuller 3/ Adorno rightly defined Benjamin as a thinker ‘standing apart from all tendencies’. Scholem held him as an almost canonical source, noting to Arendt, “just how far [his work] distances itself from every traditional conception of philosophy.” Why was he utterly ‘unclassifiable’?Quoted by@jbralston @uoedivinity @CMSN_Edi 1/ I was struck by Building Bridge's web-based invitation to all to join the livestream, and Daniel's words in first opening the floor: "It's our custom to give preference to members of the public to pose a question or make a comment." Berlin, quiet. Better late than never, then.Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @SophiaCycles Beauty's baptism. "When we walk on the earth with reverence, beauty will decide to trust us." - John O'Dohonue ?s=20&t=3dpuecb8oUIDKDAofaNcRAQuoted by@SophiaCycles Beauty's baptism. "When we walk on the earth with reverence, beauty will decide to trust us." - John O'Dohonue ?s=20&t=3dpuecb8oUIDKDAofaNcRA