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« Going back and forth between the spiritual and the material, between our thoughts and our devices, is the first concern of the meditologist. Valery didn't know the word. He put it into practice by recognizing in this or that invention a power of transformation of mores and thoughts, that is, a spirit in action, whose property, in its early days, is to go unnoticed. (...) Human intelligence being artificial since the age of the carved stone, we must give thanks to the first scrapers and tailloirs that allowed homo sapiens to shake the yoke of the natural. Valery knows that. He is not offended. He stubbornly wants to understand what tools do to their inventors... 96-97 »
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Régis Debray
A summer with Paul Valéry |
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Régis Debray
A summer with Paul Valéry
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« The fabulous and wacky bear witness to a conservation instinct that could envy our very strong technical artifacts, to be replaced every five years. »
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Régis Debray
The Sacred Fire |
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Régis Debray
The Sacred Fire
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« If the "exit of religion" is within the reach of the loner, it seems infinitely more problematic for collectives. »
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Régis Debray
The Sacred Fire |
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Régis Debray
The Sacred Fire
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