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Proverbs are the wisdom of the people, the fruit of common sense, and in particular, are distilled from general experience. They are to the moral…
Contributor:
Leopold Dukes
Places:
Leipzig, German Confederation (Leipzig, Germany)
Date:
1844
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[ . . . ] The oft-repeated reproach that Homer is a liar takes nothing from his effectiveness, he does not need to base his story on historical reality, his reality is powerful enough in itself; it…
Contributor:
Erich Auerbach
Places:
Istanbul, Turkey
Date:
1942
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If in what follows the nature of language is considered on the basis of the first chapter of Genesis, the object is neither biblical interpretation nor subjection of the Bible to objective…
Contributor:
Walter Benjamin
Places:
Berlin, Germany
Date:
1916