English translations of the aphorisms of Nicolás Gómez Dávila
The original Spanish is:El escritor procura que la sintaxis le devuelva al pensamiento la sencillez que las palabras le quitan.
Cf. Notas, p. 180:"The height of the art [of writing] is to return to thought by means of words the simplicity which words rob it of."
The original Spanish is:
ReplyDeleteEl escritor procura que la sintaxis le devuelva al pensamiento la sencillez que las palabras le quitan.
Cf. Notas, p. 180:
ReplyDelete"The height of the art [of writing] is to return to thought by means of words the simplicity which words rob it of."