«... un ensemble de cinq textes qui méditent l'histoire et le destin de l'Université européenne. Réflexion issue d'abord d'une rébellion et remettant en cause l'horizon même de la réalité politique, syndicale et culturelle contemporaine... »
— Gérard Granel, 1982
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— Gérard Granel, 1982
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November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
«... un ensemble de cinq textes qui méditent l'histoire et le destin de l'Université européenne. Réflexion issue d'abord d'une rébellion et remettant en cause l'horizon même de la réalité politique, syndicale et culturelle contemporaine... »
— Gérard Granel, 1982
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— Gérard Granel, 1982
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«Voyant qu’on n’a rien, on essaye de se donner,
Essayant de se donner, on voit qu’on n’est rien,
Voyant qu’on n’est rien, on désire devenir,
Désirant devenir, on vit.»
— René Daumal, mai 1943, in Jean Biès, [1967] 1973, p. 174
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Essayant de se donner, on voit qu’on n’est rien,
Voyant qu’on n’est rien, on désire devenir,
Désirant devenir, on vit.»
— René Daumal, mai 1943, in Jean Biès, [1967] 1973, p. 174
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November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
«Voyant qu’on n’a rien, on essaye de se donner,
Essayant de se donner, on voit qu’on n’est rien,
Voyant qu’on n’est rien, on désire devenir,
Désirant devenir, on vit.»
— René Daumal, mai 1943, in Jean Biès, [1967] 1973, p. 174
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Essayant de se donner, on voit qu’on n’est rien,
Voyant qu’on n’est rien, on désire devenir,
Désirant devenir, on vit.»
— René Daumal, mai 1943, in Jean Biès, [1967] 1973, p. 174
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«L’identité, le moi, aussi bête que la 'patrie'» — Dionys Mascolo, c. 1940
«je prends conscience de moi en me niant» — René Daumal, Tu t'es toujours trompé, 1970
«La fin du Moi sera la genèse de la présence» — Giorgio Cesarano, Manuel de survie, 1974
«je prends conscience de moi en me niant» — René Daumal, Tu t'es toujours trompé, 1970
«La fin du Moi sera la genèse de la présence» — Giorgio Cesarano, Manuel de survie, 1974
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
«L’identité, le moi, aussi bête que la 'patrie'» — Dionys Mascolo, c. 1940
«je prends conscience de moi en me niant» — René Daumal, Tu t'es toujours trompé, 1970
«La fin du Moi sera la genèse de la présence» — Giorgio Cesarano, Manuel de survie, 1974
«je prends conscience de moi en me niant» — René Daumal, Tu t'es toujours trompé, 1970
«La fin du Moi sera la genèse de la présence» — Giorgio Cesarano, Manuel de survie, 1974
— Derrida, Jacques. (1987). “Chôra,” in Poikilia: Études offertes à Jean-Pierre Vernant, Paris: Éditions de l'EHESS, pp. 265-296
Première version de cet essai, reproduit dans le volume 'Khôra' publié chez Galilée en 1993.
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Première version de cet essai, reproduit dans le volume 'Khôra' publié chez Galilée en 1993.
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August 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
— Derrida, Jacques. (1987). “Chôra,” in Poikilia: Études offertes à Jean-Pierre Vernant, Paris: Éditions de l'EHESS, pp. 265-296
Première version de cet essai, reproduit dans le volume 'Khôra' publié chez Galilée en 1993.
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Première version de cet essai, reproduit dans le volume 'Khôra' publié chez Galilée en 1993.
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“My gaze is never vacant
my eye pitchdark and full
I know what I must announce
and many other things as well
I am an unsymbolic thing
I mean what I mean
you turn the magic ring in vain
there is no sense to me”
— Gershom Scholem to Walter Benjamin, July 15, 1921
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my eye pitchdark and full
I know what I must announce
and many other things as well
I am an unsymbolic thing
I mean what I mean
you turn the magic ring in vain
there is no sense to me”
— Gershom Scholem to Walter Benjamin, July 15, 1921
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July 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“My gaze is never vacant
my eye pitchdark and full
I know what I must announce
and many other things as well
I am an unsymbolic thing
I mean what I mean
you turn the magic ring in vain
there is no sense to me”
— Gershom Scholem to Walter Benjamin, July 15, 1921
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my eye pitchdark and full
I know what I must announce
and many other things as well
I am an unsymbolic thing
I mean what I mean
you turn the magic ring in vain
there is no sense to me”
— Gershom Scholem to Walter Benjamin, July 15, 1921
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Dionys Mascolo sur le sens du sous-titre («Entêtements») donné au livre 'À la recherche d’un communisme de pensée' (Paris: Fourbis, 1993).
— «Haine de la philosophie», entrevue par Jean-Marc Turine, La Revue nouvelle, 1994, Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 88-92
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— «Haine de la philosophie», entrevue par Jean-Marc Turine, La Revue nouvelle, 1994, Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 88-92
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July 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Dionys Mascolo sur le sens du sous-titre («Entêtements») donné au livre 'À la recherche d’un communisme de pensée' (Paris: Fourbis, 1993).
— «Haine de la philosophie», entrevue par Jean-Marc Turine, La Revue nouvelle, 1994, Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 88-92
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— «Haine de la philosophie», entrevue par Jean-Marc Turine, La Revue nouvelle, 1994, Vol. 99, No. 4, pp. 88-92
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“Pessimismo dell'intelligenza, ottimismo della volontà”
— R. Rolland, «Le Sacrifice d’Abraham: un livre de Raymond Lefebvre», L’Humanité 19 mars 1920: 1-2
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— A. Gramsci, “Discorso agli anarchici,” L’Ordine Nuovo, 3-10 avril 1920: 339-340
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— R. Rolland, «Le Sacrifice d’Abraham: un livre de Raymond Lefebvre», L’Humanité 19 mars 1920: 1-2
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— A. Gramsci, “Discorso agli anarchici,” L’Ordine Nuovo, 3-10 avril 1920: 339-340
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July 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“Pessimismo dell'intelligenza, ottimismo della volontà”
— R. Rolland, «Le Sacrifice d’Abraham: un livre de Raymond Lefebvre», L’Humanité 19 mars 1920: 1-2
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— A. Gramsci, “Discorso agli anarchici,” L’Ordine Nuovo, 3-10 avril 1920: 339-340
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— R. Rolland, «Le Sacrifice d’Abraham: un livre de Raymond Lefebvre», L’Humanité 19 mars 1920: 1-2
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— A. Gramsci, “Discorso agli anarchici,” L’Ordine Nuovo, 3-10 avril 1920: 339-340
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«[Spinoza] mit dans son travail de philosophe les explosifs les plus puissants de sa sagesse aussi, à chaque théorème de l’Éthique les cadres de la philosophie purement spéculative éclatent un peu plus. Entre les lignes dorment les germes de cent révolutions»
— R Daumal
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— R Daumal
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June 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
«[Spinoza] mit dans son travail de philosophe les explosifs les plus puissants de sa sagesse aussi, à chaque théorème de l’Éthique les cadres de la philosophie purement spéculative éclatent un peu plus. Entre les lignes dorment les germes de cent révolutions»
— R Daumal
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— R Daumal
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“[Our time] may be called the Machine Age, not only because the men of today perhaps act & live more mechanically than anyone in the past, but also [because] not men, but machines, deal with human affairs & carry out the operations of life”
— Giacomo Leopardi, Operette morali, 1824
— Giacomo Leopardi, Operette morali, 1824
May 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“[Our time] may be called the Machine Age, not only because the men of today perhaps act & live more mechanically than anyone in the past, but also [because] not men, but machines, deal with human affairs & carry out the operations of life”
— Giacomo Leopardi, Operette morali, 1824
— Giacomo Leopardi, Operette morali, 1824
1/2 «Je maintiens que les grands hommes de tous les temps [...] doivent nous servir de collaborateurs vivants, et cela surtout tant que les contemporains prétendument vivants ne sont pas à la hauteur [...] Pour moi, les morts vivent, de même qu’à mes yeux un très grand nombre de vivants sont morts.»
May 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
1/2 «Je maintiens que les grands hommes de tous les temps [...] doivent nous servir de collaborateurs vivants, et cela surtout tant que les contemporains prétendument vivants ne sont pas à la hauteur [...] Pour moi, les morts vivent, de même qu’à mes yeux un très grand nombre de vivants sont morts.»
“[The university] admits no future beyond deadlines and student debt, and it harbors no expectations beyond the acquisition of the codes, keys, and cosmetics for entering and exiting the hegemonic market.”
— Willy Thayer, The Non-Modern Crisis of the Modern University, 2025, p. 35
— Willy Thayer, The Non-Modern Crisis of the Modern University, 2025, p. 35
April 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“[The university] admits no future beyond deadlines and student debt, and it harbors no expectations beyond the acquisition of the codes, keys, and cosmetics for entering and exiting the hegemonic market.”
— Willy Thayer, The Non-Modern Crisis of the Modern University, 2025, p. 35
— Willy Thayer, The Non-Modern Crisis of the Modern University, 2025, p. 35
«Extraits des carnets qu'il a tenus durant soixante ans, de 1938 à sa mort en 1997, ces fragments dessinent une possibilité de vie à la hauteur de notre temps, tant la configuration existentielle de l'époque a peu changé depuis les années 1930» — Oct. 2025
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April 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
«Extraits des carnets qu'il a tenus durant soixante ans, de 1938 à sa mort en 1997, ces fragments dessinent une possibilité de vie à la hauteur de notre temps, tant la configuration existentielle de l'époque a peu changé depuis les années 1930» — Oct. 2025
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“The first union appeared only in 1864. Any idea of class struggle was alien to it, since it presented itself as proposing, on the contrary, to reconcile the interests of the workers and the bosses”
— Benjamin Péret Les syndicats contre la révolution
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— Benjamin Péret Les syndicats contre la révolution
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March 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“The first union appeared only in 1864. Any idea of class struggle was alien to it, since it presented itself as proposing, on the contrary, to reconcile the interests of the workers and the bosses”
— Benjamin Péret Les syndicats contre la révolution
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— Benjamin Péret Les syndicats contre la révolution
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«Tous ces philosophes [...] souffrent de ce qu’ils savent manquer sans pour autant savoir ce que c’est, et surtout en doutant que ce soit quelque chose d’identifiable. Mais que cela manque et surtout qu’il ne suffit pas de dire “ça manque, c’est comme ça” [...], voilà ce qui importe.»
March 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
«Tous ces philosophes [...] souffrent de ce qu’ils savent manquer sans pour autant savoir ce que c’est, et surtout en doutant que ce soit quelque chose d’identifiable. Mais que cela manque et surtout qu’il ne suffit pas de dire “ça manque, c’est comme ça” [...], voilà ce qui importe.»
“This land it
is a dung heap
I would unload
my hate
for those stove-stoking bootlicking
parasitical hangers-on
of our princes
who luxuriate
in the corpse stench
of spilled life's blood”
— Peter Weiss, Hölderlin, tr. Jon Swan in coll. with Carl Weber, Seagull, 2010, pp. 120-121
is a dung heap
I would unload
my hate
for those stove-stoking bootlicking
parasitical hangers-on
of our princes
who luxuriate
in the corpse stench
of spilled life's blood”
— Peter Weiss, Hölderlin, tr. Jon Swan in coll. with Carl Weber, Seagull, 2010, pp. 120-121
March 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“This land it
is a dung heap
I would unload
my hate
for those stove-stoking bootlicking
parasitical hangers-on
of our princes
who luxuriate
in the corpse stench
of spilled life's blood”
— Peter Weiss, Hölderlin, tr. Jon Swan in coll. with Carl Weber, Seagull, 2010, pp. 120-121
is a dung heap
I would unload
my hate
for those stove-stoking bootlicking
parasitical hangers-on
of our princes
who luxuriate
in the corpse stench
of spilled life's blood”
— Peter Weiss, Hölderlin, tr. Jon Swan in coll. with Carl Weber, Seagull, 2010, pp. 120-121
A roundtable with Willy Thayer about his book 'The Non-Modern Crisis of the Modern University,' originally published in Spanish in 1996, revised and expanded in 2019, and translated into English in 2025. An untimely book for an untimely crisis.
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Conversaciones a la intemperie: The NonModern Crisis of the Modern University (2024) de Willy Thayer
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March 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A roundtable with Willy Thayer about his book 'The Non-Modern Crisis of the Modern University,' originally published in Spanish in 1996, revised and expanded in 2019, and translated into English in 2025. An untimely book for an untimely crisis.
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“today’s faculties of philosophy are pure actuality and zero potentiality when it comes to reading their conditions. Into oblivion with questioning the conditions of the present. Into oblivion with the question of being.”
— Willy Thayer, The Non-modern Crisis of the Modern University, 2025, p. 45
— Willy Thayer, The Non-modern Crisis of the Modern University, 2025, p. 45
March 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“today’s faculties of philosophy are pure actuality and zero potentiality when it comes to reading their conditions. Into oblivion with questioning the conditions of the present. Into oblivion with the question of being.”
— Willy Thayer, The Non-modern Crisis of the Modern University, 2025, p. 45
— Willy Thayer, The Non-modern Crisis of the Modern University, 2025, p. 45
Thousand of pages from the Ernst Kantorowicz Collection are available on Internet Archive via the Center for Jewish History, part of Leo Baeck Institute Repository (LBI), including materials pertaining to the oath controversy.
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February 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thousand of pages from the Ernst Kantorowicz Collection are available on Internet Archive via the Center for Jewish History, part of Leo Baeck Institute Repository (LBI), including materials pertaining to the oath controversy.
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“Everyone can stop turning in the slavery of what he does not know and, refusing the payoff of empty words, have it out with life.”
Brief summary of a section of Carlo Michelstaedter’s dissertation 'Persuasion and Rhetoric'
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Brief summary of a section of Carlo Michelstaedter’s dissertation 'Persuasion and Rhetoric'
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Carlo Michelstaedter - The Constitution of Rhetoric - APHELIS
A brief summary of “The Constitution of Rhetoric,” a section of Carlo Michelstaedter’s dissertation Persuasion and Rhetoric
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February 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“Everyone can stop turning in the slavery of what he does not know and, refusing the payoff of empty words, have it out with life.”
Brief summary of a section of Carlo Michelstaedter’s dissertation 'Persuasion and Rhetoric'
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Brief summary of a section of Carlo Michelstaedter’s dissertation 'Persuasion and Rhetoric'
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«C'est pourquoi toute voie tracée est une nouvelle mine, toute bannière un manteau qui recouvre l'insuffisance des pauvres et leur accorde une personne et un droit : — c'est pourquoi irrésistiblement fleurit la rhétorique.»
— Carlo Michelstaedter, La persuasion et la rhétorique, p. 123
— Carlo Michelstaedter, La persuasion et la rhétorique, p. 123
February 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
«C'est pourquoi toute voie tracée est une nouvelle mine, toute bannière un manteau qui recouvre l'insuffisance des pauvres et leur accorde une personne et un droit : — c'est pourquoi irrésistiblement fleurit la rhétorique.»
— Carlo Michelstaedter, La persuasion et la rhétorique, p. 123
— Carlo Michelstaedter, La persuasion et la rhétorique, p. 123
“What is tomorrow, Anna? I once asked you 'How long will tomorrow last?' And you answered me: 'Eternity and a day.'”
— Theo Angelopoulos (27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012), Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα), 1998, 2:08:13
— Theo Angelopoulos (27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012), Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα), 1998, 2:08:13
January 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“What is tomorrow, Anna? I once asked you 'How long will tomorrow last?' And you answered me: 'Eternity and a day.'”
— Theo Angelopoulos (27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012), Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα), 1998, 2:08:13
— Theo Angelopoulos (27 April 1935 – 24 January 2012), Eternity and a Day (Μια αιωνιότητα και μια μέρα), 1998, 2:08:13
“Here he comes now, trying to act like a normal human being, but he is that most depised of human creatures. His activities have brought down upon his shoulders, the scorn and outrage of history's multitudes. He is homo bureaucratus: the bureaucrat... ”
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December 24, 2024 at 9:10 PM
“Here he comes now, trying to act like a normal human being, but he is that most depised of human creatures. His activities have brought down upon his shoulders, the scorn and outrage of history's multitudes. He is homo bureaucratus: the bureaucrat... ”
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“The main problem with a riot is that all too easily it flips into a kind of negative intensity, that in the very act of breaking out of our commodity form we become more profoundly frozen within it.”
— Sean Bonney, Letters Against the Firmament, 2015, p. 8
— Sean Bonney, Letters Against the Firmament, 2015, p. 8
December 24, 2024 at 8:19 PM
“The main problem with a riot is that all too easily it flips into a kind of negative intensity, that in the very act of breaking out of our commodity form we become more profoundly frozen within it.”
— Sean Bonney, Letters Against the Firmament, 2015, p. 8
— Sean Bonney, Letters Against the Firmament, 2015, p. 8
“If someone were to speak nonuniversitarily about the university, would that speech even be taken into consideration? [...] would it not be appropriated immediately by the university, turned into its medium, its guru of the day?”
— Willy Thayer, p. 38
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— Willy Thayer, p. 38
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December 15, 2024 at 8:22 PM
“If someone were to speak nonuniversitarily about the university, would that speech even be taken into consideration? [...] would it not be appropriated immediately by the university, turned into its medium, its guru of the day?”
— Willy Thayer, p. 38
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— Willy Thayer, p. 38
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“In every department of human endeavour, inspired talent is an intolerable insult to mediocrity. If this is true in the realm of aesthetics, it is even more true in the world of ethics. More than artistic beauty, moral beauty seems to exasperate our sorry species.”
— Simon Leys, 2013, p. 42
— Simon Leys, 2013, p. 42
December 7, 2024 at 8:18 PM
“In every department of human endeavour, inspired talent is an intolerable insult to mediocrity. If this is true in the realm of aesthetics, it is even more true in the world of ethics. More than artistic beauty, moral beauty seems to exasperate our sorry species.”
— Simon Leys, 2013, p. 42
— Simon Leys, 2013, p. 42