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A book is considered somewhat a "container of knowledge" and is a historic landmark set by an author. If you burn a book, you not only remove it physically but you also removed the historic impression of an author.
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Public book burning, as practised by the Inquisition and the Nazi regime for example, is an expression of contempt, intolerance and hatred. It is a government and/or church sponsored expression of hatred in public.
By one of those quirks of fate, in 1821 the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine wrote: 'Where they start by burning books, they end up burning people'.
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∙ 15y agoBook burning isn't just a means of disposing of a book. It is a symbolic act. It is more about openly destroying knowledge or certain ideas. It is usually an act of oppression.
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