George Steiner Three Quotations
George Steiner Quotes about:
Three Quotes from:
-
Western Culture Quotes
Monotheism at Sinai, primitive Christianity, messianic socialism: these are the three supreme moments in which Western culture is presented with what Ibsen termed "the claims of the ideal." These are the three stages, profoundly interrelated, through which Western consciousness is forced to experience the blackmail of transcendence.