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German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer; his essays “Wisdom of Life” and “Counsels and Maxims,” although not explicitly Stoical, have a distinctly Stoical tone.
William B. Irvine • A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
great Danish poet, Jens Peter Jacobsen.
Rainer Maria Rilke • Letters to a Young Poet
Herder wrote that "A poet is the creator of the nation around him, he gives them a world to see and has their souls in his hand to lead them to that world." To him such poetry had its greatest purity and power in nations before they became civilised, as shown in the Old Testament, the Edda, and Homer, and he tried to find such virtues in
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Richard Dehmel:
Rainer Maria Rilke • Letters to a Young Poet
"Niels Lyhne"
Rainer Maria Rilke • Letters to a Young Poet
Et il cite volontiers cette phrase des Essais : « La plus grande chose du monde, c’est de savoir être à soi. »