a: freedom ~
b: capturing a snake
What:
"Defining freedom is like capturing a snake: the snake sheds its skin, and we are left with the relic of her trickery as a souvenir of our aspiration. There was no god or goddess of freedom in any ancient mythology, only a belated Roman statue of Libertas, which caused many cultural scandals throughout the centuries "
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Writer: Svetlana Boym
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Date: Jul 27 2015 9:34 AM
# 8029 Critique Analogy