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Numeri del perdono

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] Forgiveness numbers

Franco Riva

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Abstract

The words of forgiveness hide numbers as well as the numbers hide those words. Never, always, on this one. Zero, seven, seventy, seventy times seven, one. In the West as well as in the East, among the myths and in the everyday language, the numbers need to speak about forgiveness because one never knows how to get it. It need a number, a figure, a call, a riddle to tell that it is possible and impossible, difficult and easy, invisible but present. It always need ambivalent numbers: opposite and near, positive and negative, male and female, singular and plural, public and private. We need only think about the personal drama as well as the tragedies of history.
Translated title of the contribution[Autom. eng. transl.] Forgiveness numbers
Original languageItalian
Title of host publicationMisericordia e perdono. termini, concetti, luoghi, tempi
EditorsCinzia Bearzot Alberto Barzanò
Pages105-120
Number of pages16
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Publication series

NameScuola di Dottorato in Studi Umanistici. Tradizione e contemporaneità

Keywords

  • Forgiveness
  • figura
  • figure
  • impossibile
  • impossible
  • numbers
  • numeri
  • parole
  • perdono
  • possibile
  • possible
  • words

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