Author: Walter Benjamin

Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin was a German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic, media theorist, and essayist.

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Photographer: Gisèle Freund

(Walter Benjamin)

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First Lines: Walter Benjamin - The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

(art: Joseph Kosuth)

In principle, the work of art has always been reproducible.

First Lines: Walter Benjamin - On the Concept of History

It is well-known that an automaton once existed, which was so constructed that it could counter any move of a chess-player with a counter-move, and thereby assure itself of victory in the match.