George Steiner

Died: February 3, 2020, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Francis George Steiner, was a literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator. He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society.

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Latest Post "I see!", said Homer by Heraclitus public
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And Having the Group Bias to Share it With

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This graduated role reversal of humility is an act worth thinking about. Revolutions take place despite our preoccupation with initiation. As the world turns, living is perpetual, limited to our species in language only.

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George Bernard Shaw

Proceed Carefully, Very Carefully!

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Answering a quote with a quote, today's responsion is, “There is only one really serious philosophical problem,” Camus says, “and that is suicide."

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Responsion is a Correspondence, an 'Entsprechen'

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Somatic Marker Hypothesis

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Leonardo da Vinci
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Diplomatic Immunity

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Frederick the Great
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She Thinks, Therefore She Can

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Christine de Pizan
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Depressed Long Term Depression (LTD)

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Dante
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The Pinnacle of Professions

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George Steiner
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Alone in the Tropics on Zero Shadow Day

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Plutarch
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To Hoard or Not to Hoard

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Christine de Pizan
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Résumé What you Started (CV)

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George Eliot