“You follow the same paths of thought as before. Only, they appear strewn with roses.”
Man geht immer die gleichen Wege des Denkens wie vorher. Nur scheinen sie mit Rosen bestreut.
"Main features of my first impression of hashish" (18 December 1927), On Hashish (2006), p. 22
Main features of my first impression of hashish (1927)
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Man geht immer die gleichen Wege des Denkens wie vorher. Nur scheinen sie mit Rosen bestreut.
Tillman Rexroth (Hg.): Walter Benjamin – Über Haschisch. Frankfurt am Main 1972, S. 68.
Main features of my first impression of hashish (1927)
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