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Lachlan Kempson
21/M "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." ~ John 1:5 An open mind is undefeated.
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Qualyxian Quest
Aug 2020
Me on William Empson on ambiguity
Qualyxian Quest
Aug 2020
Me on William Empson on ambiguity
The Buddha is profoundly wise.
And the ambiguity that Empson
Claims to see in the Buddha
Is actually best understood
As the ambiguity the Buddha sees in him.
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Qualyxian Quest
Aug 2020
William Empson on T.S. Eliot in Markson
Qualyxian Quest
Aug 2020
William Empson on T.S. Eliot in Markson
I was much impressed with the swollen purple lips and felt certain he had been up all night contemplating the Crucifixion or some other holy torture.
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Qualyxian Quest
Sep 2020
On purely literary grounds, Milton's Satan is far more successful than Milton's God and yet, pace Blake, Bloom, Empson, etc... this is not the key to understanding the specifically religious meaning of Paradise Lost.
Qualyxian Quest
Sep 2020
On purely literary grounds, Milton's Satan is far more successful than Milton's God and yet, pace Blake, Bloom, Empson, etc... this is not the key to understanding the specifically religious meaning of Paradise Lost.
Said Father David Tracy.
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