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Novalis—the Power of Realization

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Caspar David Friedrich, The Monk at the Seaside (1808)

Unser sämtliches Wahrnehmungsvermögen gleicht dem Auge. Ganz begreifen werden wir uns nie, aber wir werden und können uns weit mehr als begreifen.

Our ability to perceive is like the eye. We will never fully grasp ourselves but what we can and will do goes far beyond simply grasping.

–Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (Novalis), Blüthenstaub-Fragment (1789).

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Archive > 2008 > Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · May

MAY 2008

NUMBERS RACKET
Why the Economy Is Worse Than We Know
By Kevin Phillips

MY LOBBY, MYSELF
How John McCain's Hypocrisy Is Laundered As Reform
By Ken Silverstein

THE NEXT THING
A story by Steven Millhauser

Also: Patrick Symmes, Wendell Berry