The ethics of the intellectual

[davidada]

"It is the task and duty of the intellectual to recall and preserve historical possibilities which seem to have become utopian possibilities." Herbert Marcuse

Comments

[george_sand]

David, did I lend you some Charles Baudelaire ages ago? I can't remember who I lent it to.

[davidada]

You lent me 'The Painter of Modern Life' and also a book about Baudelaire by Benjamin. Would you like them back?

[george_sand]

Hooray, i'm not going senile! Yes please, i'm eyeing up the possibility of doing an essay somewhere around the subject of art for art's sake. Whether there is much philosophical meat to that area I don't know, but i'm considering exploring it.
Do you live in Fallowfield still?

[davidada]

Yes - Jesus, I nearly gave me address out on the internet then. Rob knows where I live - unless you'd like me to bring them to your house?