Byung-Chul Han Quotes
born 1959 South Korea
Byung-Chul Han is a South Korean-born Swiss-German philosopher and cultural theorist. He was a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts and still occasionally gives courses there.
- South Korea
- Academics
- Non-fiction authors
87 quotes
"If life can no longer be narrated, wisdom deteriorates, and its place is taken by problem-solving."
"If life is deprived of any meaningful closure, it will be ended in non-time."
"Violence and freedom are the two endpoints on the scale of power."
"Happiness is the proof that time can accommodate eternity."
"Perhaps power is never free from a feeling of lack."
"God functions like a stabilizer of time."
"Full of gods means full of meaning, full of narration. The world becomes readable, like a picture."
"Every religious practice is an exercise in attention. A temple is the highest degree of attention."
"At the deepest level, the desire for complete union with God exhibits a narcissistic structure."
"It is a sign of sovereignty to risk one's life, that is, to turn life into a game."
"Zen Buddhism is inspired by a basic trust in the Here, a basic trust in the world."
"Silent listening unites a people and creates community without communication."
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Byung-Chul Han (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.