“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Cultural criticism always attacks the mass media. I don't think that makes sense. We should look more closely at the work of deformation that… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“A completely different aspect, however, the thoroughly incommensurable one, lies in the imposition of accepting that the torso sees me while I observe it… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“In this book, we will naturally be dealing primarily with the manifestations of the third level of immunity. I gather material on the biography… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“As in the days of the first Merovingian, who pledged allegiance to the cross because of a victorious battle, today's children of the banalized… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“In his treatise on the battles between the gods underlying ancient Dionysian theatre, the young Nietzsche notes: 'Alas! The magic of these struggles is… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“It is not sufficient, he emphasized, to colour (colorare) the mind with wisdom; it must be pickled (macerare) in it, as it were, soaked… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“What appears in the former statue of Apollo, however, cannot simply be equated with the Olympian of the same name, who had to ensure… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“This much should be clear by now: the term 'renaissance' can only remain fruitful and demanding as long as it refers to a far-reaching… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“As the following pages deal with the practising life, they lead - in accordance with their topic - to an expedition into the little-explored… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“Something is indeed returning today - but the conventional wisdom that this is religion making its reappearance is insufficient to satisfy critical inquiries. Nor… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
“Here we should quote especially those sections from Nietzsche's central morality-critical work The Genealogy of Morals that deal with their subject in a diction… — Peter Sloterdijk Copy Share Image
