What it means to be human | Raymond Tallis
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Battle of the Genre
You've written in poetry, fiction and theoretical works. How have you found that process of trying to find the right medium for your ideas? The present book i'm writing, its final chapter is called the battle of the genre. What does philosophy bring? Philosophy brings, clearly, very general inquiry. If i write about a blackbird singing, i've cut to the heart of creation. But the truth is that poetry is still fastened inevitably to particulars.
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