Monday, January 20, 2003

Mr. Cogito And The Imagination Comments

Rating: 3.3

Mr. Cogito never trusted
tricks of the imagination

the piano at the top of the Alps
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Zbigniew Herbert
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Tom Hadley 04 April 2018

Knowing how the Nazis used words to hide meaning, knowing with certainty 'a knife is a knife' is crucial in the service of truth. We live in an era where words again are more smokescreens than beacons for meaning.

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Kim Barney 08 February 2015

Mr. Cogito was rather a boring person, wasn't he? As Rajnish Manga says, he would never have been a poet!

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Rajnish Manga 08 February 2015

Mr Cogito's dislike for a world full of imagination is sure to debar him to become a poet or the merchant of dreams. Look at these magical lines which are so adorable: the piano at the top of the Alps / played false concerts for him. My heart goes out to the composer of this wonderful poem.

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