In order to satisfy this great oneiric function, which make… - Roland Barthes

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In order to satisfy this great oneiric function, which makes it not a kind of total monument, the [Eiffel] Tower must escape reason. The first condition of this victorious flight is that the Tower be an utterly useless monument.

Roland Barthes

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Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 – March 25, 1980) was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher, and semiotician.

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Alternative Names: Roland Gérard Barthes

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