Peter Sloterdijk Quotes
We Can Trace The Communitarian Fantasy That Lies At The Root Of All Humanism Back To The Model Of A Literary Society, In Which Participation Through Reading The Canon Reveals A Common Love Of Inspiring Messages. At The Heart Of Humanism So Understood We Discover A Cult Or Club Fantasy: The Dream Of The Portentous Solidarity Of Those Who Have Been Chosen To Be Allowed To Read. In The Ancient World - Indeed, Until The Dawn Of The Modern Nation-states - The Power Of Reading Actually Did Mean Something Like Membership Of A Secret Elite; Linguistic Knowledge Once Counted In Many Places As The Provenance Of Sorcery. In Middle English The Word 'glamour' Developed Out Of The Word 'grammar'. The Person Who Could Read Would Be Thought Easily Capable Of Other Impossibilities.
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