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From: Tribuna de Actualidad
Date: 19980928
Author:Hernando, Bernardino M.

Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) anotó en su malogrado diccionario de lugares comunes "todo lo que hay que decir en sociedad para convertirse en una persona decente y amable". Y en un loro de repetición, Flaubert se burlaba de tanto lorito dotado de palabra vacía, En vano. Todo sigue igual. Por eso hay que saludar con gozo las ideas nuevas y fundadas. Como las que se recogen en esta crónica.

Los tópicos, los lugares comunes, "idées recues" los llamaba Flaubert, dispensan de pensar. A base de repetir frases hechas, lugares comunes, conceptos recibidos y de creer a pie ...

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