Dear Friend You Must Change Your Life

Author : Ada Bronowski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350089206
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Dear Friend, You Must Change Your Life' written by Ada Bronowski and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dear Friend, you must change your life, we see some of the most fascinating thinkers in history at their most private and profound, reaching out to a friend, sharing, testing, confirming discoveries about the complexity of life, how to rise above its hardships and enjoy its pleasures. We see writers embrace the roots of philosophical thought afresh, by grappling with real, lived experience, giving us unique insight into their ideas and worldviews that their more polished, public work often does not provide. We see artists sound the foundations of their artistic and moral integrity. Ranging from Seneca and Marcus Aurelius to Flora Tristan and Walter Benjamin, to Elizabeth of Bohemia and Giacomo Leopardi, to Mahatma Gandhi and Maurice Béjart, we see how the philosophical letter as a form of thinking, and thinking freely, spans across the ages and often forms some of the most interesting and lively of philosophical writings. Each letter is given a contextualising preface by an expert that brings out the reason this particular letter is a philosophical letter for life. As such, Dear Friend, you must change your life provides a unique introduction to an array of thinkers throughout history as well as an argument for philosophy as conversation, a conversation which has been ongoing for centuries.

Author : Ada Bronowski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350089176
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Dear Friend, You Must Change Your Life' written by Ada Bronowski and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dear Friend, you must change your life, we see some of the most fascinating thinkers in history at their most private and profound, reaching out to a friend, sharing, testing, confirming discoveries about the complexity of life, how to rise above its hardships and enjoy its pleasures. We see writers embrace the roots of philosophical thought afresh, by grappling with real, lived experience, giving us unique insight into their ideas and worldviews that their more polished, public work often does not provide. We see artists sound the foundations of their artistic and moral integrity. Ranging from Seneca and Marcus Aurelius to Flora Tristan and Walter Benjamin, to Elizabeth of Bohemia and Giacomo Leopardi, to Mahatma Gandhi and Maurice Béjart, we see how the philosophical letter as a form of thinking, and thinking freely, spans across the ages and often forms some of the most interesting and lively of philosophical writings. Each letter is given a contextualising preface by an expert that brings out the reason this particular letter is a philosophical letter for life. As such, Dear Friend, you must change your life provides a unique introduction to an array of thinkers throughout history as well as an argument for philosophy as conversation, a conversation which has been ongoing for centuries.

Author : Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486847500
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Letters to a Young Poet written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential reading for scholars, poetry lovers, and anyone with an interest in Rainer Maria Rilke, German poetry, or the creative impulse, these ten letters of correspondence between Rilke and a young aspiring poet reveal elements from the inner workings of his own poetic identity. The letters coincided with an important stage of his artistic development and readers can trace many of the themes that later emerge in his best works to these messages—Rilke himself stated these letters contained part of his creative genius.

Author : Rainer Maria Rilke
Publisher : David Zwirner Books
ISBN 13 : 1941701647
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Letters to a Young Painter written by Rainer Maria Rilke and published by David Zwirner Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before translated into English, Rainer Maria Rilke’s fascinating Letters to a Young Painter, written toward the end of his life between 1920 and 1926, is a surprising companion to his infamous Letters to a Young Poet, earlier correspondence from 1902 to 1908. While the latter has become a global phenomenon, with millions of copies sold in many different languages, the present volume has been largely overlooked. In these eight intimate letters written to a teenage Balthus—who would go on to become one of the leading artists of his generation—Rilke describes the challenges he faced, while opening the door for the young painter to take himself and his work seriously. Rilke’s constant warmth, his ability to sense in advance his correspondent’s difficulties and propose solutions to them, and his sensitivity as a person and an artist come across in these charming and honest letters. Writing during his aged years, this volume paints a picture of the venerable poet as he faced his mortality, through the perspective of hindsight, and continued to embrace his openness towards other creative individuals. With an introduction by Rachel Corbett, author of You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin (2016), this book is a must-have for Rilke’s admirers, young and old, and all aspiring artists.

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Twenty years after written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Romances of Dumas written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1080 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Romances of Alexander Dumas: Twenty years after. 2 v. in 1 written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.WP/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Romances: Twenty years after written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandre Dumas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Romances of Dumas: Twenty years after written by Alexandre Dumas and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Admiral William H. McRaven
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455570230
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Make Your Bed written by Admiral William H. McRaven and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a Navy SEAL's inspiring graduation speech, this #1 New York Times bestseller of powerful life lessons "should be read by every leader in America" (Wall Street Journal). If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life; and he explained how anyone can use these basic lessons to change themselves-and the world-for the better. Admiral McRaven's original speech went viral with over 10 million views. Building on the core tenets laid out in his speech, McRaven now recounts tales from his own life and from those of people he encountered during his military service who dealt with hardship and made tough decisions with determination, compassion, honor, and courage. Told with great humility and optimism, this timeless book provides simple wisdom, practical advice, and words of encouragement that will inspire readers to achieve more, even in life's darkest moments. "Powerful." --USA Today "Full of captivating personal anecdotes from inside the national security vault." --Washington Post "Superb, smart, and succinct." --Forbes