When you take an idea or a concept and turn it into an abstraction, that opens the way to take human beings and turn them, also, into abstractions.
- Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel
- Author: Adriana
- Published: May 27th, 2008
- Category: Autonomy, Individual, People, Quotes
- Comments: 1
BB Wolfe
on Jul 14th, 2008
@ 19:37 pm:
Mr Weisel should consider that “an idea” or “a concept” IS an abstraction; neither has to be turned into one. His claimed regard for clarity probably does not extend to his “experiences” in Nazi prison camps, in which he has quite shamelessly and dishonestly invented much twaddle to demonize the German people and invest himself with the image of sainthood.