therein lies the power of culture: it redeems horror by transforming it into existential wisdom. If the spirit of the trial succeeds in annihilating this century’s culture, nothing will remain of us but a memory of its atrocities sung by a chorus of children.

therein lies the power of culture: it redeems horror by transforming it into existential wisdom. If the spirit of the trial succeeds in annihilating this century’s culture, nothing will remain of us but a memory of its atrocities sung by a chorus of children.

– Milan Kundera –

Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts

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