"Emptiness is not a denial of the proper but an affirmation of it."
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
"The inner music of things sounds only when you close your eyes."
The Agony of Eros (2012)
The Agony of Eros (2012)
"Catastrophic fatality abruptly switches over into salvation."
The Agony of Eros (2012)
"Violence may capture space, but it does not create space."
What is Power? (2005)
"In contrast to festivals, events do not create community."
The Disappearance of Rituals (2020)
The Disappearance of Rituals (2020)
"The haste of day rules over the night as empty form."
The Scent of Time (2009)
"Emptiness empties the one seeing into what is seen."
The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism (2022)
"When we resist impermanence, the self intensifies."
The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism (2022)
"There is no such thing as data-driven thinking."
The Agony of Eros (2012)
"Enlightenment is an awakening to the everyday."
The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism (2022)
"Logos is powerless without the force of eros."
The Agony of Eros (2012)
The Disappearance of Rituals (2020)
"Thinking is an expedition into quietness."
The Agony of Eros (2012)
"Thinking is more erotic than calculating."
The Disappearance of Rituals (2020)
"Today, to live means merely to produce."
The Disappearance of Rituals (2020)
"Poems are magic ceremonies of language."
The Disappearance of Rituals (2020)
The Burnout Society (2010)
The Disappearance of Rituals (2020)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Byung-Chul Han (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.