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banausic

There is no muse of philosophy, nor is there one of translation. But despite the claims of sentimental artists, these two are not banausic.

like: banal?

—p.77 The Task of the Translator (69) by Walter Benjamin
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apodictic

In principle, the first question can be decided only contingently; the second, however, apodictically

—p.70 The Task of the Translator (69) by Walter Benjamin
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all problems are linguistic problems

[...] Any period to which its own past has become as questionable as it has to us must eventually come up against the phenomenon of language, for in it the past is contained ineradicably, thwarting all attempts to get rid of it once and for all. The Greek polis will continue to exist at the bottom …

—p.49 Introduction (1) by Hannah Arendt
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