In this admiration, which goes beyond the passivity of cont… - Gaston Bachelard

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In this admiration, which goes beyond the passivity of contemplative attitudes, the joy of reading appears to be the reflection of the joy of writing, as though the reader were the writer's ghost.

Gaston Bachelard

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Gaston Bachelard (June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962) was a French philosopher of science and literary critic.

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