“What appears in the former statue of Apollo, however, cannot simply be equated with the Olympian of the same name, who had… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“In his field, and with his means, Rilke carries out an operation that one could philosophically describe as the 'transformation of being… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“As we know, Rilke, under the influence of Auguste Rodin, whom he had assisted between 1905 and 1906 in Meudon as a… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“We know from accounts of Rilke's life that his stay in Rodin's workshops taught him how modern sculpture had advanced to the… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“This gesture is one of the motifs of modernity's turn against the principle of imitating nature, that is to say, imitating predefined… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“It is clear enough that not every something can be elevated to the rank of a thing - otherwise everything and everyone… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“What the poet has to say to the torso of the supposed Apollo, however, is more than a note on an excursion… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“I receive the reward for my willingness to participate in the object-subject reversal in the form of a private illumination - in… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“The reason for the existence of the perfection conjured up in these fourteen lines is that it possesses ... the authorization to… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“In the midst of the ubiquitous dealings with prostituted signs, the thing-poem was capable of opening up the prospect of returning to… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
