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de Toqueville on Poetry and Democracy
Here is a little food for thought (bold and italics, mine): Democratic poets will always appear trivial and frigid if they seek to invest gods, demons, or angels with corporeal forms, and if they attempt to draw them down from … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis de Toqueville, art, creativity, democracy, Democracy in America, individuality, poetry, utilitarianism
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