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L'Amour les yeux fermés

Michel Henry Original title L'Amour les yeux fermés (French, 1976)

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“The spectacle of the beauty which embodies itself in a living being is infinitely more touching than that of the work the most grandiose.”

L'amour les yeux fermés (1976)
Original: (fr) Le spectacle de la beauté qui s'incarne dans un être vivant est infiniment plus émouvant que celui de l'œuvre la plus grandiose.

Michel Henry, L'Amour les yeux fermés, éd. Gallimard, 1976, p. 48

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