ISBN-13: 9780691188959 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 272 str.
ISBN-13: 9780691188959 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 272 str.
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 literary form. What are its origins? How did it de