Quote by: Gaston Bachelard

Baudelaire writes: In certain almost supernatural inner states, the depth of life is entirely revealed in the spectacle, however ordinary, that we have before our eyes, and which becomes the symbol of it." Here we have a passage that designates the phenomenological direction I myself pursue. The exterior spectacle helps intimate grandeur unfold.


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Author Bio


  • NameGaston Bachelard
  • DescriptionFrench writer and philosopher
  • BornJune 27, 1884
  • DiedOctober 16, 1962
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Poet; Writer