The Joyful Wisdom
Aphorisms combine philosophical inquiry with experiments in tone, humour and self-questioning. The full source edition also includes poetry, whose translators are credited separately. Read beyond the selected prose quotation to follow the work’s changing perspectives.
Who it suits
Readers interested in the relationship between knowledge, art, criticism and the conduct of life.
Reading experience
Demanding; shifting voices and historical assumptions require slow reading. This is an Edsverb editorial guide, not a measured reading score.
The edition
- Edition
- Edinburgh and London: T.N. Foulis,1910; Thomas Common (prose); Paul V. Cohn and Maude D. Petre (poetry) translation
- Language
- English
- Translator
- Thomas Common (prose); Paul V. Cohn and Maude D. Petre (poetry)
- Publisher
- T.N. Foulis
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