On the Tracks of Life, the Immorality of Morality; - Couverture rigide

Kennedy, John McFarland; Sera, Leo Gioacchino

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1347225595 ISBN 13 : 9781347225592

Editeur : Palala Press, 2015

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Europe, with its religious and moral anarchy, its growing and alarming pessimism and nihilism, its aim less occupations with politics, business, and pleasure, does not present, so people say, a particularly exhilarating aspect. Some finer-nerved individuals, therefore, turn away from it altogether: the Romanticist saves himself from its sight in his clouds ;the Christian consoles himself with the expectation of another and better world ;the Philosopher denies the reality of the present one; the Buddhist tries to get rid of his sufferings by means of his self-absorbing Nirvana ;the Scholar finds a welcome refuge in the labyrinth of historical and scientific research ;the Socialist feeds upon his Utopia; and the Gentleman gets married in his despair, or prefers, like the Emperor Diocletian, to retire to the country and grow his cabbages in solitude and calmness. A mid this universal stampede from reality, it is the business of the Artist to stand out and face the music. And this the Artist loves to do, for he, at least, is a faithful admirer of this world, with which he is just as much in love as with a beautiful woman. He is her troubadour: he even beautifies her external appearance, and holds her charms up to praise to all his friends.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palala Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1347225595
• ISBN 13: 9781347225592
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 378
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