“the unbridled onward rush into the abyss”
From “Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time” by Simon Garfield: “Optimistically, the more benign form of frenetic standstill is not a new thing. In the terminology of popular…
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Silence and the limits of language
“That for which we find words in something already dead in our hearts. There always is a kind of contempt in the act of speaking.” – Nietzsche, The Twilight of…
Nthposition review of The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud and the Search for Hidden Universes, 2004
One of the most memorable books I reviewed for nthposition. I have written before that time has modified some of my judgments, usually tempering enthusiasms a little. The years since have…
Séamus Sweeney 