Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
"Death and death alone is what we must consult about life; and not some vague future or survival, in which we shall not be present. It is our own end; and everything happens in the interval between death and now. Do not talk to me of those imaginary prolongations which wield over us the childish spell of number; do not talk to me-to me who am [Pg 4]to die outright-of societies and peoples! There is no reality, there is no true duration, save that between the cradle and the grave. The rest is mere bombast, show, delusion! They call me a master because of some magic in my speech and thoughts; but I am a frightened child in the presence of death!Death content includes:
OUR IDEA OF DEATH, THAT WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO DEATH, THE SURVIVAL WITHOUT CONSCIOUSNESS, THE ONLY SORROW THAT CAN TOUCH OUR MIND, SHALL WE BE UNHAPPY THERE?, and more.
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard, Count Maeterlinck was a Belgian playwright, poet and essayist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. The main themes in his work are death and the meaning of life. His plays form an important part of the Symbolist movement.
Book Details
Published
February 1, 2012
Publisher
Bottom of the Hill Publishing
Pages
74
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781612034546