Anyone who takes it upon himself to speak on the subject of stupidity nowadays is liable to land himself in a number of difficulties: he may be condemned as arrogant and condescending; he may even be accused of seeking to interfere with the natural development of modern life. As Musil says 'If stupidity were not confusingly similar to progress, ability, hope and improvement, then no-one would want to be stupid'. No-one would go so far as to doubt that the world has seen a great deal of improvement since then! And so we are brought face to face with the truly inescapable question: what is true stupidity? Drawing on a range of writers including Dostoevsky, Descartes, Gadda, Schlegel, Musil, Canetti, the book investigates ignorance, dumbfounded-ness, and the limits of the reason, and human being.

Larvatus prodeo. Pittura, somiglianza e bêtise

FIMIANI, Filippo
2000-01-01

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Anyone who takes it upon himself to speak on the subject of stupidity nowadays is liable to land himself in a number of difficulties: he may be condemned as arrogant and condescending; he may even be accused of seeking to interfere with the natural development of modern life. As Musil says 'If stupidity were not confusingly similar to progress, ability, hope and improvement, then no-one would want to be stupid'. No-one would go so far as to doubt that the world has seen a great deal of improvement since then! And so we are brought face to face with the truly inescapable question: what is true stupidity? Drawing on a range of writers including Dostoevsky, Descartes, Gadda, Schlegel, Musil, Canetti, the book investigates ignorance, dumbfounded-ness, and the limits of the reason, and human being.
2000
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