The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again.


V - Theses on the Philosophy of History (1940)

Walter Benjamin Quotes

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never ...

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never ...

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never ...

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never ...