1. When the writer is preoccupied with only himself, his own weaknesses, his own life, and forgets about the objective world, the search for truth.
2. When the writer is preoccupied with only the truth of the world, objective reality, justice, and judging people, epochs, and customs, and forgets about himself, his own weaknesses, his own life.
I can't find Zagajewski. How did I miss it?
My mistake
No problem! I'd love to read it in some other posts eventually.
I collate the poems a few months in advance, so I don't know which one I intended to include today
It might have been this.
The Two Defects of Literature
1. When the writer is preoccupied with only himself, his own weaknesses, his own life, and forgets about the objective world, the search for truth.
2. When the writer is preoccupied with only the truth of the world, objective reality, justice, and judging people, epochs, and customs, and forgets about himself, his own weaknesses, his own life.
I like that
It's from Adam's TWO CITIES. I like it myself. I can send you the photo of the page, if you like.
I am kidding, of course.