Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
I guess, that my assumption is regarded as absurd. My assumption is: Concentration on text as text is a way of changing our attitude to the world.
… human kind
Cannot bear very much reality.*
der Mensch
Verträgt nicht sehr viel Wirklichkeit. **
* T.S. Eliot: Burnt Norton (Four Quartets)
**Übersetzt von Norbert Hummelt. In: Schreibheft 66.
