“Più vicino di qualunque cosa [si] pensasse di dirne”: Benjamin, Rang e i giganti

In November 1923 Florens Christian Rang sends a letter to Benjamin, where he confides his secret project of an “Eleatic philosophy”. Linking point between the Parmenidian Being and the Many are here the ideas, which begin to be very important also for Benjamin in these years, working at the German tragic drama. The paper will investigate Benjamin’s relation to Rang, and to the “giant” dimension he is associated to in Benjamin’s thoughts.