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The Perfection of Freedom: Schiller, Schelling, and Hegel between the Ancients and the Moderns (Veritas)
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In Büchner’s world, Woyzeck has the dignity not of high rank or reputation, but which belongs to all human souls, and his tragedy is that he is unable to see it, is blind to his own worth and relies instead on something outside himself, his relationship with Marie.
Georg Büchner • Woyzeck
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
What matters to an active man is to do the right thing; whether the right thing comes to pass should not bother him. —GOETHE
Ryan Holiday • Ego Is the Enemy
Alan Cardew • Lord Byron: The Perils and Glories of a Classical Education
Et dites-moi, pourquoi Goethe ? demande le principal. — Il est l’impérissable génie allemand. Le plus grand des Allemands. Un génie de l’écriture, de la science, de l’art et de la philosophie. Un génie dans plus de domaines que quiconque.
Irvin Yalom • Le Problème Spinoza (Littérature) (French Edition)
“Says I to myself” should be the motto of my journal.