Bachelard, taking the role of phenomenologist, has dived down through the shifting mirror surfaces of communication to bring up pearls of whole meaning. He leads us to apprehend the power of poetic images based on emotional, existential, truth.
This is supposed to be a book about perceptions, so I guess I can’t fault him on factual flippancy. He seems to be saying, though, that these perceptions are at least somewhat universal. Which is ridiculous, least of all because I can’t relate to most of them.He brings up some interesting ideas, but...
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