Principles of

BENJAMIN WALTER &

WILLIAM WEAVER
MARY GRACE VILLALON KURL JOSHUA VINUYA KYLA ANGELICA VICTORIA
PRINCIPLES OF

BENJAMIN
WALTER
Benjamin's Principle

of the Uncriticizability
Benjamin's Principles

of the Weighty Tome

Benjamin's Principles

of the Repetition
 Benjamin's Principle of the

Uncriticizability
GOETHE’S CONCEPTION OF AESTHETIC

JUDGEMENT AND HIS PRINCIPLE OF THE

‘UNCRITICIZABILITY’ OF GREAT WORKS

PROVIDED BENJAMIN WITH A WAY OF

THINKING THE NECESSARY

MODIFICATION TO THE EARLY GERMAN

ROMANTIC IDEA OF ART.

Benjamin's Principle of the Weighty Tome
THIRTY FOUR YEAR OLD WALTER BENJAMIN

PRESAGED AND PARODIED THIS

PHENOMENON IN A SHORT LIST UNDER THE

HEADING “PRINCIPLES OF THE WEIGHTY TOME,

OR HOW TO WRITE FAT BOOKS” IN HIS 1928

TREATISE ONE WAY STREET A COLLAGE OF

FRAGMENTARY OBSERVATIONS OF EVERYDAY

LIFE AND RECORDS OF HIS DREAMS IN A

SECTION TITLED “TEACHING AID.” .

Benjamin's Principle of the Repetition
THE FOLLOWING ESSAY AIMS TO

ANALYZE THE PROBLEM OF REPETITION

IN THE REFLECTION OF WALTER

BENJAMIN. SHOWING FIRST OF ALL HOW

THIS CONCEPT, SINGULARLY NEGLECTED

BY CRITICS, IS THE UNEXPECTED CENTRE

TOWARDS WHICH THE PHILOSOPHER'S

ENTIRE REFLECTION CONVERGES, THUS

OFFERING A NEW READING OF HIS ENTIRE

PRODUCTION.
 According to Benjamin Walter

“No poem is intended for the reader, no picture

for the beholder, no symphony for the
audience."

The translator MUST not be mindful about the readers

because if it will, the draft they will be producing will be
considered as poor quality, lower and second rate
translation.
 PRINCIPLES OF
WILLIAM WEAVER
William's Principle of

Liberal Arts
William's Principle of

Virtual Work
 William's Principle of Liberal Arts
IN FALL 2022, HE TEACHING A NEW

COURSE ENTITLED “PRINCIPLES OF THE

LIBERAL ARTS.” THIS IS THE FIRST IN A

SEQUENCE OF COURSES FOR THE

LIBERAL ARTS CONCENTRATION IN THE

GREAT TEXTS MAJOR.

 William's Principle of Virtual Work
THE PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUAL WORK IS USED AS

THE BASIS OF THE FINITE ELEMENT

PROCEDURE BUT WHILE THE POTENTIAL

ENERGY BASIS IS ALSO GIVEN, NO MENTION IS

MADE OF VARIATIONAL CALCULUS. AFTER A

BRIEF DISCUSSION ON DISCRETIZATION OF THE

SOLID CONTINUUM, THE PRINCIPLE OF VIRTUAL

WORK IS STATED AND USED TO DEVELOP THE

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR THE ONE-

DIMENSIONAL ELASTIC BEAM ELEMENT.

 William Weaver states that

“There are no perfect solutions, you simply

do your best.”

Weaver’s way of translating original works is by

creating choices for a particular word, depending on
its meaning and weighing what is more appropriate to
use.
Thank you !