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wenn der Leser schon viel denkt
wie viel lebt dann erst der Träumer

wo Lessing doch der Meinung ist

Wer viel liest, denkt viel.
Wer viel denkt, lebt viel.

#GottholdEphraimLessing #gedicht #lyrik #prosa #poesie #textdestages #gedanken #träumen #leben #sein #reimereien

wenn der Leser schon viel denkt
wie viel lebt dann erst der Träumer

wo Lessing doch der Meinung ist

Wer viel liest, denkt viel.
Wer viel denkt, lebt viel.

#GottholdEphraimLessing #gedicht #lyrik #prosa #poesie #textdestages #gedanken #träumen #leben #sein #reimereien

Walter Benjamin in 1936, in exile, published a small book, Deutsche Menschen (German Men & Women), a collection of letters by German literary figures of the past. He wanted to hold up examples of honest writing in a time when it seemed that all language had turned false.

Here's a letter from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-87), written after the death of his wife:

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"My wife is dead. Now I have had that experience, too. I am glad there cannot be many more such events in store for me --- that lightens my spirit. It is also a comfort to rely on your condolences, and those of our other friends in Braunschweig."
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What a letter! Benjamin quotes it as an example of the humanity of laconic style. The call to laconism may be even more urgent in today's world of oversharing and automated eloquence.

#laconism #GottholdEphraimLessing #WalterBenjamin #DeutscheMenschen #letters

Walter Benjamin in 1936, in exile, published a small book, Deutsche Menschen (German Men & Women), a collection of letters by German literary figures of the past. He wanted to hold up examples of honest writing in a time when it seemed that all language had turned false.

Here's a letter from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-87), written after the death of his wife:

--
"My wife is dead. Now I have had that experience, too. I am glad there cannot be many more such events in store for me --- that lightens my spirit. It is also a comfort to rely on your condolences, and those of our other friends in Braunschweig."
--

What a letter! Benjamin quotes it as an example of the humanity of laconic style. The call to laconism may be even more urgent in today's world of oversharing and automated eloquence.

#laconism #GottholdEphraimLessing #WalterBenjamin #DeutscheMenschen #letters

Walter Benjamin in 1936, in exile, published a small book, Deutsche Menschen (German Men & Women), a collection of letters by German literary figures of the past. He wanted to hold up examples of honest writing in a time when it seemed that all language had turned false.

Here's a letter from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-87), written after the death of his wife:

--
"My wife is dead. Now I have had that experience, too. I am glad there cannot be many more such events in store for me --- that lightens my spirit. It is also a comfort to rely on your condolences, and those of our other friends in Braunschweig."
--

What a letter! Benjamin quotes it as an example of the humanity of laconic style. The call to laconism may be even more urgent in today's world of oversharing and automated eloquence.

#laconism #GottholdEphraimLessing #WalterBenjamin #DeutscheMenschen #letters

Walter Benjamin in 1936, in exile, published a small book, Deutsche Menschen (German Men & Women), a collection of letters by German literary figures of the past. He wanted to hold up examples of honest writing in a time when it seemed that all language had turned false.

Here's a letter from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-87), written after the death of his wife:

--
"My wife is dead. Now I have had that experience, too. I am glad there cannot be many more such events in store for me --- that lightens my spirit. It is also a comfort to rely on your condolences, and those of our other friends in Braunschweig."
--

What a letter! Benjamin quotes it as an example of the humanity of laconic style. The call to laconism may be even more urgent in today's world of oversharing and automated eloquence.

#laconism #GottholdEphraimLessing #WalterBenjamin #DeutscheMenschen #letters

Walter Benjamin in 1936, in exile, published a small book, Deutsche Menschen (German Men & Women), a collection of letters by German literary figures of the past. He wanted to hold up examples of honest writing in a time when it seemed that all language had turned false.

Here's a letter from Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-87), written after the death of his wife:

--
"My wife is dead. Now I have had that experience, too. I am glad there cannot be many more such events in store for me --- that lightens my spirit. It is also a comfort to rely on your condolences, and those of our other friends in Braunschweig."
--

What a letter! Benjamin quotes it as an example of the humanity of laconic style. The call to laconism may be even more urgent in today's world of oversharing and automated eloquence.

#laconism #GottholdEphraimLessing #WalterBenjamin #DeutscheMenschen #letters