A Theory of the Aphorism : : From Confucius to Twitter /

A Theory of the Aphorism : : From Confucius to Twitter / / Andrew Hui.

An engaging look at the aphorism, the shortest literary form, across time, languages, and culturesAphorisms-or philosophical short sayings-appear everywhere, from Confucius to Twitter, the Buddha to the Bible, Heraclitus to Nietzsche. Yet despite this ubiquity, the aphorism is the least studied lite...

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Hui, Andrew,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 15 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: A Line
  • 1. Confucius: The master wishes to be silent
  • 2. Heraclitus: What is hidden
  • 3. The Gospel of Thomas: What is revealed
  • 4. Erasmus and Bacon: Antiquity and the new science
  • 5. Pascal: The fragments of infinity
  • 6. Nietzsche: The fragments of the unfinished
  • Epilogue: A Circle
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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