Citation

Brown, Andrew James. “The Meaning-Full-Ness of Fragments.” Caute. The Meaning-Full-Ness of Fragments, 14 Feb. 2026, https://andrewjbrown.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-meaning-full-ness-of-fragments.html.

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Valentine's Day origin. :: Christian feast day honoring the martyr Valentine

Country of the poet Sappho. :: Greece

Century the poet Sappho lived. :: 6th century BCE

Plato called Sappho the "Tenth Muse".

Sappho wrote an estimated 500 poems.

Among all of Sappho's poems, how many complete poems were retrieved? :: 1

How many lines of Sappho's poems survived as intelligible fragments? :: 2,000

Aside from Greece, where else were Sappho's poems retrieved? :: Egypt

Why does the retrieved poems of Sappho's in Egypt look like shaped poems? :: They were written in papyri used to wrap mummies.

Per Brown, how is fragmentation built into our reality? :: Things are in constant motion, dissolving into fragments then building up again into new forms.

Per Brown, how is fragmentation affecting how we relate to each other as humans?
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2. We are able to love.
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We can't completely know each other.

Per Brown, how is fragmentation affecting how we relate to each other as humans?

1. We can't completely know each other.

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We are able to love.

Per Brown, how is fragmentation affecting how we relate to each other as humans?
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1. We can't completely know each other.
2. We are able to love.

Per Brown, why does the Great Life necessitate fragmentation? :: It relies on movement.