“The Greek word for ‘return’ is nostos. Algos means ‘suffering.’ So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
Milan Kundera, Ignorance
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
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Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“The Greek word for ‘return’ is nostos. Algos means ‘suffering.’ So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
Milan Kundera, Ignorance