Igor Ivanovich Garin. Prophets and poets (№ 427881)

In Plato, the disputants seek the truth, in Kleist they seek to suppress each other, to impose their will and their goals on the other. As if anticipating the tarantulas, the upcoming boor, salamanders, levelers, he sees self-interest in passion. Sophistry, threat, innuendo, lies - such is the word of a person who speaks. This is not communication - this is enslavement. This is not a word - these are fetters.