Philosophy — Pénélope Delaur
On the frustration of my bittersweet smiles.
‘It is only people who possess firmness who can possess true gentleness. In those who appear gentle it is generally only weakness, which is readily converted into harshness’. De La Rochefoucauld, Moral maxims (479)...
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Psychology — Pénélope Delaur
Rimbaud paired up narcissism and emotional dependency in an infernal delirium.
In a Delirium (A Season in Hell), Rimbaud describes the torture of a ‘foolish Virgin’ emotionally dependent on her narcissistic and ‘infernal Bridegroom’ in the form of a brutally authentic confession. Most of the analyses...
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