Where the presence of truth should be possible, it can be possible solely under the condition of the recognition of myth-that is, the recognition of its crushing indifference to truth. (Walter Benjamin)

Where the presence of truth should be possible, it can be possible solely under the condition of the recognition of myth-that is, the recognition of its crushing indifference to truth.

Walter Benjamin

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