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aperçu (en)

(borrowed from French) a comment or brief reference that makes an illuminating or entertaining point

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Aesthetics and Politics
by Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Bloch, Fredric Jameson, György Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin

Aesthetics and Politics
by Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Bloch, Fredric Jameson, György Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin

Aesthetics and Politics
by Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Bloch, Fredric Jameson, György Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin


Lukács contents himself with Schopenhauer's aperçu that

—p.160 Reconciliation under Duress (151) by Theodor W. Adorno
notable
8 years, 11 months ago

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
by Zadie Smith

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
by Zadie Smith

Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
by Zadie Smith


a sage little aperçu occurs to him

—p.38 Middlemarch and Everybody (29) by Zadie Smith
notable
9 years, 4 months ago

Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
by D.T. Max

Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
by D.T. Max

Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
by D.T. Max


others almost metaphysical aperçus about the hazy intersection of cognition and the world

—p.235 Chapter 7 (227) by D.T. Max
strange
9 years, 5 months ago