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    Like New: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ...
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    ISBN
    9781582344300
    Subject Area
    Référence
    Publication Name
    World in a Phrase : a History of Aphorisms
    Publisher
    Bloomsbury Publishing USA
    Item Length
    8.6 in
    Subject
    Quotations, General
    Publication Year
    2005
    Type
    Not Available
    Format
    Hardcover
    Language
    English
    Item Height
    1 in
    Author
    James Geary
    Item Weight
    14.7 Oz
    Item Width
    5.7 in
    Number of Pages
    192 Pages

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    For lovers of words and seekers of wisdom, a lively history of aphorisms--the shortest and oldest written art form--and the intriguing people who have penned them, from the Buddha to Emily Dickinson. Starting with the ancient Chinese and ending with contemporary Europeans and Americans, The World in a Phrase tells the story of the aphorism through spirited and amusing biographies of some of its greatest practitioners: Americans like Ambrose Bierce, Emily Dickinson, and Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker; great French aphorists like Montaigne, La Rochefoucauld, and Chamfort; philosophers like Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein; as well as prophets and sages like the Buddha, Lao Tzu, and Jesus. Though it's an ancient art form, the aphorism is as spritely and as apposite as ever. Challenging and subversive, aphorisms deliver the short, sharp shocks of old forgotten truths. They are literature's hand luggage: they're light and compact, you can take them anywhere, and they contain everything you need to get through a rough day at the office or a dark night of the soul. But more than just a literary history, The World in a Phrase is a personal memoir of how aphorisms changed Geary's life--and how, if not for an aphorism by W.H. Auden, he might never have met his wife. In our modern age of drive-through culture, pre-digested soundbites, and manufactured sentiment, The World in a Phrase explores how aphorisms still retain the power to instigate and inspire, enlighten and enrage, entertain and edify.

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    Bloomsbury Publishing USA
    ISBN-10
    1582344302
    ISBN-13
    9781582344300
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    45985011

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    Number of Pages
    192 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Name
    World in a Phrase : a History of Aphorisms
    Publication Year
    2005
    Subject
    Quotations, General
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    Not Available
    Subject Area
    Référence
    Author
    James Geary
    Format
    Hardcover

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    Item Height
    1 in
    Item Weight
    14.7 Oz
    Item Length
    8.6 in
    Item Width
    5.7 in

    Additional Product Features

    LCCN
    2005-040993
    Dewey Edition
    22
    Target Audience
    Trade
    Dewey Decimal
    808.88/2
    Lc Classification Number
    Pn6271.G43 2005

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    • by jamesb1030
      Sep 02, 2020

      The World in a Phrase, a brief history of the aphorism is a fine account of the epigram

      a fascinating book, and the writing is excellent

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

    • by namaste-1
      Jul 24, 2018

      Love it!

      Enlightening!

      Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

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