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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.

Walter Benjamin

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Walter Benjamin
Age: 48 †
Born: 1892
Born: July 15
Died: 1940
Died: September 26
Art Critic
Essayist
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Philosopher
Sociologist
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Berlin
Germany
Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin
Living
Procreation
Conquers
Frenzy
Ecstasy
Conquer
Substance
Destruction

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