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A translation of Hugo's ultimate confession of faith. The volume dates from the period of the great romanticist's exile in the English island of Guernsey, to which he fled when Napoleon III usurped the throne of France. It is composed of a group of rhapsodies on such themes as "Genius," "Life and Death," "Reveries on God," in which the most versatile of nineteenth century men-of-letters sets down his final convictions on art, on religion, and on life.
"A graceful and scholarly translation." - The Independent
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Michael Boudreaux
reviewed Intellectual Autobiography: Ideas on Literature, Philosophy and Religion on January 17, 2013 Intellectual Autobiography: Ideas on Literature, Philosophy and Religion
One of my favorite books, which a second reading several years after my first now confirms. I appreciate Paul Valery in general and have read several of his other pieces, but this collection beats them all. "The Dialogue of the Tree" is terrific, and "Eupalinos, or The Architect" is one of most rewarding bits of speculative fiction/philosophy I've ever read. Though I can't read it in the original French, the translation here seems wonderful; modern English prose doesn't get much better.
From "Socrates and His Physician" -
"The purpose of a life seems to me to be to use its time and strength to make, or create, or perceive, something which should render quite useless, and even inconceivable and absurd, the rebeginning of an existence."
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