Sarah Kofman: Philosopher

Sarah Kofman was philosopher from France. Explore interesting quotes on philosopher.
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“The philosopher does not just ‘play’ with metaphors: his play is of a ‘formidable seriousness’, for it is designed to oppose modernity’s hatred for art, to obliterate precisely the opposition between play and seriousness, dream and reality.”

Sarah Kofman

Source: Nietzsche et la métaphore (1972), p. 18

Dreams , Art , Reality

“Dialectics and reflection play the same role for the philosopher as does verse for the poet.”

Sarah Kofman

Source: Nietzsche et la métaphore (1972), p. 13

“The new philosopher does not put metaphor to rhetorical use but subordinates it … to the strategic objective of using non-stereotyped metaphors in order to unmask the metaphors which constitute every concept.”

Sarah Kofman

Source: Nietzsche et la métaphore (1972), p. 18