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The average rating for The Literary Wittgenstein based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.has a rating of 4.5 stars

Review # 1 was written on 2017-10-17 00:00:00
2004was given a rating of 4 stars Shawn Bay
Έχω ήδη εκφράσει τις απόψεις μου για τον Στάινερ και το έργο του στο "Περί δυσκολίας" (link στο blog μου, από κάτω), οπότε δεν θα τις επαναλάβω εδώ. Με λίγα λόγια πάντως, το συγκεκριμένο βιβλίο είναι αυτοβιογραφικό και εμπεριέχει το απόσταγμα της σκέψης, της αισθητικής και της κοσμοθεωρίας του μεγάλου διανοητή. Ως εκ τούτου κρίνεται απαραίτητο για όσους ενδιαφερόμενους. Αντί κριτικής, θα παραθέσω δύο χαρακτηριστικά αποσπάσματα: "Η συνάντηση, η σύγκρουση της συνείδησης με τη σημαίνουσα μορφή, της αντίληψης με την αισθητική, είναι από τις ισχυρότερες." "Οι επιθέσεις στον λεγόμενο ελιτισμό κρύβουν μια χυδαία συγκατάβαση: ενάντια σε όλους εκείνους που κρίνονται εκ των προτέρων ανίκανοι για καλύτερα πράγματα."
Review # 2 was written on 2020-06-02 00:00:00
2004was given a rating of 5 stars Susan Siebers
The first time I came across George Steiner was on a Dutch documentary called "Nauwgezet and Wanhopig", which featured interviews with him, György Konrád, Jorge Semprum and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I was impressed by Steiner straight away, his way of words is mesmerizing and I couldn't stop listening to him. I have the same reaction to his books, there's just something about how he treats language and the vast amount of knowledge he has that make them so impressive. "Errata" is a semi-autobiographical book, coupled with philosophical, linguistic, sociological, and many other types of comments and analyses by Steiner. It's one of his shorter and more accessible books, but this doesn't mean that it's not as good. On the contrary, it may just be his most beautiful work. There's one section in particular that I like to quote just about anywhere; "We speak in (rich) monotones. Our poetry is haunted by the music it has left behind. Orpheus shrinks to a poet when he looks back, with the impatience of reason, on a music stronger than death." Read it.


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