Solitude: a philosophical encounter
Auteur :
Koch, Philip J.
Éditeur :
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
ISBN :
9780812692433
Date de publication :
29 janv. 1999
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This work, asking, "What is solitude?", draws upon a corpus of literary reflections on the subject - Lao Tze, Sappho, Plotinus, Seneca, Augustine, Petrarch, Montaigne, Goethe and others. It concludes that both solitude and encounter are primary modes of human experience, and equally essential.