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Owen Barfield quotes: When the velocity of progress increases beyond a certain point, it becomes indistinguishable from crisis.

When the velocity of progress increases beyond a certain point, it becomes indistinguishable from crisis.

Owen Barfield quotes: And what is the very essence of poetry if it is not this 'metaphorical language'-this marking of the before unapprehended relations of things?

And what is the very essence of poetry if it is not this 'metaphorical language'-this marking of the before unapprehended relations of things?

Owen Barfield quotes: The poet, while creating anew, is likely to be in a sense restoring something old.

The poet, while creating anew, is likely to be in a sense restoring something old.

Owen Barfield quotes: The obvious is the hardest thing of all to point out to anyone who has genuinely lost sight of it.

The obvious is the hardest thing of all to point out to anyone who has genuinely lost sight of it.

Owen Barfield quotes: Library terror - that feeling of being hopelessly overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of available books ...

Library terror - that feeling of being hopelessly overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of available books ...

Owen Barfield quotes: True understanding is unattainable without both love and detachment,

True understanding is unattainable without both love and detachment,

Owen Barfield quotes: We can only cope with the dangers of language if we recognize that language is by nature magical and therefore highly dangerous.

We can only cope with the dangers of language if we recognize that language is by nature magical and therefore highly dangerous.