In memoriam William Ferguson, Fergu. "The ball I threw while playing in the park / Has not yet reached the ground." Dylan Thomas The distinction between trifle and matter of importance is a teleological one and in so far as it deals with time spent, it interrogates it with a rather mundane question, a trifle, if you will: for what? For what or in what was time spent? The answers that the trifle offers is "nothing important"... a wasted time, a loss of time. In contrast, the answer that important matters offer is "in necessary thing... for great things, for their sake" and declares a fruitful time, a day seized. I will return to Horatius later.
The Forms of Longing in Borges and Proust
The Forms of Longing in Borges and Proust
The Forms of Longing in Borges and Proust
In memoriam William Ferguson, Fergu. "The ball I threw while playing in the park / Has not yet reached the ground." Dylan Thomas The distinction between trifle and matter of importance is a teleological one and in so far as it deals with time spent, it interrogates it with a rather mundane question, a trifle, if you will: for what? For what or in what was time spent? The answers that the trifle offers is "nothing important"... a wasted time, a loss of time. In contrast, the answer that important matters offer is "in necessary thing... for great things, for their sake" and declares a fruitful time, a day seized. I will return to Horatius later.