The old man, of whom we know how he has become what he is, is more of an individual than the young man; for it is only in the course of an eventful life that men are differentiated into full individuality.


Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature (ed. Princeton University Press, 2013) - ISBN: 9781400847952

Erich Auerbach Quotes

The old man, of whom we know how he has become what he is, is more of an individual than the young man; for it is only in the course of an eventful...

The old man, of whom we know how he has become what he is, is more of an individual than the young man; for it is only in the course of an eventful...

The old man, of whom we know how he has become what he is, is more of an individual than the young man; for it is only in the course of an eventful...

The old man, of whom we know how he has become what he is, is more of an individual than the young man; for it is only in the course of an eventful...