"‘What is a philosopher?
—That is perhaps an anachronistic question. But I will give a modern response. In the past one might have said it is a man who stands in wonder; today I would say, borrowing words from Georges Bataille, it is someone who is afraid."
—That is perhaps an anachronistic question. But I will give a modern response. In the past one might have said it is a man who stands in wonder; today I would say, borrowing words from Georges Bataille, it is someone who is afraid."
— Maurice Blanchot, The Infinite Conversation, trans. Susan Hanson, (Minneapolis; University of Minnesota Press, 1993), 49. (via modern-prometheus) (via newmonuments)
