Walter Benjamin Quotes
. As flowers turn toward the sun, by dint of a secret heliotropism the past strives to turn toward that sun which is rising in the sky of history. A historical materialist must be aware of this most inconspicuous of all transformations.
Walter Benjamin, 1892-1940, German Philosopher, On the Concept of History, 1940
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He had followed a guest speaker—a history professor—who was giving the staff a lecture on the history of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) program of the New Deal which had some similar aspects to the Job Corps, like residential living and work projects. However, the major purpose and justification of the CCC was totally different.
Li Feigan or Li Yaotang
If history is read backwards, the causes and precursors are never taken into consideration. Yet many people do examine history backwards.
Vladimir Lenin. Even plant and animal evolution does not progress slowly and steadily.
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist. An eclectic thinker, combining elements of German idealism, Romanticism, Western Marxism, and Jewish mysticism, Benjamin made enduring and influential contributions to aesthetic theory, literary criticism, and historical materialism. He was associated with the Frankfurt School, and also maintained formative friendships with thinkers such as playwright Bertolt Brecht and Kabbalah scholar Gershom Scholem. He was also related to German political theorist and philosopher Hannah Arendt through her first marriage to Benjamin's cousin Günther Anders.
