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“My sermon on the meaning of the manna in the wilderness can be adapted to almost any occasion, joyful, or, as in the present… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“So despite Humphreys’s rhetoric about scholarly misinterpretation and the “inspirational” potential of his interpretation, I think it is in fact hard to improve upon… — R. W. L. Moberly Copy Share Image
Mann was profoundly influenced by two philosophers, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, who returned to the most ancient of all philosophical questions - "How to live?"… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Mann was less interested, I think, in constructing any kind of "portrait of an age" than he was in delineating an individual consciousness in… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“I regarded it more as an honor than a disgrace to be permitted to share this fate of the complete destruction of literary existence… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
I suggest in my own discussion of this episode, Mann invites us to set the attempt to philosophize about his predicament in the context… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Mann's sexuality and his attitudes towards it are extremely complex - and the complexities are inherited in the figure of Aschenbach. Mann had lived… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
MANNA, n. A food miraculously given to the Israelites in the wilderness. When it was no longer supplied to them they settled down and… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Distance in a straight line has no mystery. The mystery is in the sphere. —Thomas Mann, Joseph and His Brothers” — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
“Ein Mann, der die Wahrheit will, wird Gelehrter; ein Mann, der seine Subjektivität spielen lassen will, wird vielleicht Schriftsteller; was aber soll ein Mann… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
Aschenbach is not only a projection of Mann in the obvious ways - same daily routines, author of the works Mann had planned -… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Presenting Aschenbach as a composer - based on Mahler - leads to some dreadful scenes (especially those in which Aschenbach is berated by his… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“Either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.” — Christopher J. Nolan Copy Share Image
“And the family comes back in as Cooper releases Murph’s hand, stepping back to let Murph’s kids and grandkids swarm over her … He… — Christopher J. Nolan Copy Share Image
“Newton’s third law – the only way humans have ever figured out of getting somewhere is to leave something behind.” — Christopher J. Nolan Copy Share Image
“She had locked something away, something deep inside. A truth that she had once known, but chose to forget. And she couldn't break free.… — Christopher J. Nolan Copy Share Image
“Cobb: You're waiting for a train. A train that'll take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you. But… — Christopher J. Nolan Copy Share Image
“DR MANN You have attachments. I’m not supposed to, but even without family, I can promise you that the yearning to be with other… — Christopher J. Nolan Copy Share Image
