It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of con…

Susan Sontag
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It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word is inherent in all powerful phrase-making. ✨ Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag (1983). Barthes: Selected Writings
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It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word is inherent in all powerful phrase-making. ✨ Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag (1983). Barthes: Selected Writings

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