"It's impossible to analyze something without taking the time to reflect. Abandonment of the humanities breeds ignorance." — Ihor Kozlovsky Quoted in Oleksandr Mykhed, "I Will Mix Your Blood With Coal." Translated from the Ukrainian by Tanya Savchynska and David Mossop (2025), pp.70-71.
By chance 'came across this case of the humanities apparently freeing a mind to form a clear vision of what’s at stake. Also affording that person the certain courage that comes with clear vision... www.soviethistorylessons.com/francoise-th...
I'm halfway through this interview and wanted to pause to thank you for this. This greatly adds to what I already knew and suspected; it fills in a lot of blanks. There was a time, many years ago, when I was nearly fluent in French. I can still read simple newspaper articles, ...
...but not books like Françoise Thom's.😖I recently tried to get through Albert Camus's L'Étranger. Some of it was straightforward but I had to look back at the English translation too often. Ms. Thom's insights are born both of personal experience and careful study. Now back to the interview!