Thoughts (Hesperus Classics) - Softcover

Giacomo Leopardi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843910128 ISBN 13: 9781843910121

Publisher: Hesperus Press, 2002

Synopsis

Still unfinished at the time of his death, Thoughts, now in its first English translation, represents Giacomo Leopardi’s urgent desire to organize his lifetime’s observations of mankind, life, and the world. Written by the greatest Italian poet and thinker of the 19th century, these timeless musings contain immense philosophical and psychological insight. Ranging from mankind to nature, social order to the individual soul, they reveal a man of brilliance struggling to reconcile all that he sees around him.

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From the Publisher:

Hesperus Press, as suggested by their Latin motto, Et remotissima prope, is dedicated to bringing near what is far—far both in space and time. Works by illustrious authors, often unjustly neglected or simply little known in the English–speaking world, are made accessible through a completely fresh editorial approach or new translations. Through these short classic works, which feature forewords by leading contemporary authors, the modern reader will be introduced to the greatest writers of Europe and America. An elegantly designed series of exceptional books.

From the Inside Flap:

Men are wretched by necessity, and determined to believe themselves wretched by accident.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hesperus Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1843910128
• ISBN 13: 9781843910121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112