Author: Miguel de UnamunoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Immortality
Languages : en
Pages : 1500
Book Description
The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and in Peoples
Author: Miguel de UnamunoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Immortality
Languages : en
Pages : 1500
Book Description
The Tragic Sense of Life
Author: Robert J. RichardsPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226712192
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Prior to the First World War, more people learned of evolutionary theory from the voluminous writings of Charles Darwin’s foremost champion in Germany, Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), than from any other source, including the writings of Darwin himself. But, with detractors ranging from paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould to modern-day creationists and advocates of intelligent design, Haeckel is better known as a divisive figure than as a pioneering biologist. Robert J. Richards’s intellectual biography rehabilitates Haeckel, providing the most accurate measure of his science and art yet written, as well as a moving account of Haeckel’s eventful life.
The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and in Peoples
Author: Miguel de UnamunoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Immortality
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
All Things are Possible
Author: Lev ShestovPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
In 'All Things Are Possible', Jewish Russian philosopher Lev Shestov challenges the notion of fate and necessity by embracing the philosophy of possibility and freedom. Translated by the renowned author D.H. Lawrence, Shestov's work offers a unique perspective on what it means to be human, and the struggles we face against limitations and determinisms. Shestov's rigorous examination of the human experience takes readers on a journey of self-discovery and faith, as he explores the infinite potential of the human psyche and the possibility of a new, liberating ideal.
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace
Author: Jeff HobbsPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476731918
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Traces a young man's effort to escape the dangers of the streets and his own nature after graduating from Yale, describing his youth in violent 1980s Newark, efforts to navigate two fiercely insular worlds and life-ending drug deals. 75,000 first printing.
The Crack-Up
Author: F. Scott FitzgeraldPublisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811219712
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A self-portrait of a great writer 's rise and fall, intensely personal and etched with Fitzgerald's signature blend of romance and realism. The Crack-Up tells the story of Fitzgerald's sudden descent at the age of thirty-nine from glamorous success to empty despair, and his determined recovery. Compiled and edited by Edmund Wilson shortly after F. Scott Fitzgerald's death, this revealing collection of his essays—as well as letters to and from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos—tells of a man with charm and talent to burn, whose gaiety and genius made him a living symbol of the Jazz Age, and whose recklessness brought him grief and loss. "Fitzgerald's physical and spiritual exhaustion is described brilliantly," noted The New York Review of Books: "the essays are amazing for the candor."
Abel Sanchez and Other Stories
Author: Miguel De UnamunoPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621575128
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!
Tragic Sense Of Life
Author: Miguel de UnamunoPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
"The Tragic Sense of Life," first published in 1912, was the most important philosophical work by Miguel de Unamuno and is now generally considered one of the great existential texts of the 20th century. In the book, Unamuno rejects the life of reason for one of intense passion, faith, and love, establishing Don Quixote as a great role model for the contemporary man.
Pragmatism and the Tragic Sense of Life
Author: Sidney HookPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Enlightenment
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Tragic Age
Author: Stephen MetcalfePublisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1466857358
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This is the story of Billy Kinsey, heir to a lottery fortune, part genius, part philosopher and social critic, full time insomniac and closeted rock drummer. Billy has decided that the best way to deal with an absurd world is to stay away from it. Do not volunteer. Do not join in. Billy will be the first to tell you it doesn't always work--not when your twin sister, Dorie, has died, not when your unhappy parents are at war with one another, not when frazzled soccer moms in two ton SUVs are more dangerous than atom bombs, and not when your guidance counselor keeps asking why you haven't applied to college. Billy's life changes when two people enter his life. Twom Twomey is a charismatic renegade who believes that truly living means going a little outlaw. Twom and Billy become one another's mutual benefactor and friend. At the same time, Billy is reintroduced to Gretchen Quinn, an old and adored friend of Dorie's. It is Gretchen who suggests to Billy that the world can be transformed by creative acts of the soul. With Twom, Billy visits the dark side. And with Gretchen, Billy experiences possibilities.Billy knows that one path is leading him toward disaster and the other toward happiness. The problem is-Billy doesn't trust happiness. It's the age he's at. The tragic age. Stephen Metcalfe's brilliant, debut coming-of-age novel, The Tragic Age, will teach you to learn to love, trust and truly be alive in an absurd world.