This sounds hopeful (albeit in a slightly melancholic-nostalgic sense) and one is tempted to unreservedly agree with this statement. But, the concept of memory seems to be a bit more complicated. Memories – comparable to dreams – are composed of … Weiterlesen

The strategy to interchange just the two little verbs ‘accept’ and ‘change’ while the rest of the sentence stays the same, does make a huge difference. Angela Davis never was willing to sit back and watch the status quo unfold. … Weiterlesen

The genitive in this seemingly explicit sentence is not quite clear. One could interpret it – and this would correspond to Friedrich Schiller’s general image – thus: the body constantly, or at least occasionally, attacks the mind. This is something … Weiterlesen

Indeed, sometimes it’s much easier (and more comfortable) to lament over smaller or bigger problems than to be energetic and active to solve the obstacle or dilemma in question. It’s typical when people complain about this and that, while sitting … Weiterlesen

On a physical level, language is formed in the throat, with the tongue and through the mouth and the pharynx. The same is true for eating, only eating is not expressive, it is internalised. However, eating is also a form … Weiterlesen

Men’s rights already existed which is o.k. That’s why they certainly don’t need to be granted additional benefits or privileges. Women, on the contrary, must be particularly highlighted because their claim for ‘nothing less’ (referring to men’s rights) still had … Weiterlesen

I know that, exclaims the always well-informed, that goes without saying. Please step back, ladies and gentlemen! Is that really true? How often do we think we know our way around, and then we get lost. Ergo: To be content … Weiterlesen

Language is a truly peculiar skill because, doubtless, we can say whatever we want – and, by so doing, we can bring the past or the future right into the centre of the present and vice versa. We can, for … Weiterlesen

This is particularly remarkable because of the fact that Sojourner Truth (a name she called herself later) was a slave, born at the end of the 18^th c. In the beginning she was not able to read or write. … Weiterlesen

It is well known and at the same time surprising that Faust II contains many examples whereby the economy is explained and analysed. What is striking in this quote is how trading capital, the ‘trade’, is put into context with … Weiterlesen