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Benjamin, Walter - Illuminations - Listening for inner speech
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015004
Type of Spiritual Experience
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Walter Benjamin - Illuminations
The main reason why this listening demands such effort is that only the most indistinct sounds reach the listener. There is no doctrine one could absorb, no knowledge that one could preserve. The things that want to be caught as they rush by are not meant for anyone's ears