Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred.
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"Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred." — Walter Benjamin
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Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground is the medium in which dead cities lie interred. — Walter Benjamin
About Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin was a Critic from Kingdom of Prussia (1892–1940).
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This quote is attributed to Walter Benjamin, a Critic from Kingdom of Prussia.
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Walter Benjamin lived from 1892 – 1940.