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Moments of Genius

by Arthur Lynch ...

"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm." Aldous HuxleyHave you ever pondered the nature of genius? What sets these extraordinary individuals apart from the rest of us? Can we, too, unlock the potential for genius that lies within?A century ago, Arthur Lynch embarked on a quest to unravel the mysteries of human brilliance. ... Read more

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"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm." Aldous HuxleyHave you ever pondered the nature of genius? What sets these extraordinary individuals apart from the rest of us? Can we, too, unlock the potential for genius that lies within?A century ago, Arthur Lynch embarked on a quest to unravel the mysteries of human brilliance.
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Dark Masters, The - Volume 4

Washington Irving to Gustav Meyrink

by Washington Irving, W W Jacobs, M R James, Franz Kafka, W G Kelly, Rudyard Kipling, Perceval Landon, Sheridan Le Fanu, Alfred Lichtenstein, Jack London, F G Loring, Jean Lorrain, H P Lovecraft, Arthur Lynch, Arthur Machen, Niccolo Machiavelli, R H Malden, Richard Marsh, Guy De Maupassant, Gustav Meyrink ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Christopher Ragland, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

12 hours 2 min

Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy, ... Read more

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Life is to be lived. Experiences gained, pleasures sampled. But, troublingly, when you are a classic author your thoughts sometimes lean towards darker thoughts. Within the space of a few paragraphs these literary masters shape a new world; more difficult experiences, darker pleasures. Life becomes uneasy, a queasy feeling, perhaps a repulsion here, a disgust there and very soon what was cosy,
... Read more
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Forgotten Authors, The - Men - Volume 4

W G Kelly to William Mudford

by Vladimir Korolenko, Charles Lamb, Stephen Leacock, Mikhail Lermontov, Alfred Lichtenstein, F G Loring, Jean Lorrain, Arthur Lynch, Leonard Merrick, Richard Middleton, Kalman Mikszath, Robert Duncan Milne, Arthur Moore, Arthur Morrison, William Mudford ...

Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Robert Maskell, Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

Unabridged

15 hours 10 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
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Forgotten Authors, The - Volume 6

Fergus Hume to Stanley Victor Makower

by Fergus Hume, Violet Jacob, Lionel Johnson, Mor Jokai, W G Kelly, Arabella Kenealy, Vladimir Korolenko, Selma Lagerlöf, Mikhail Lermontov, Cornelia Levetzow, Alfred Lichtenstein, Jean Lorrain, Arthur Lynch ...

Narrated by Robert Maskell, Janet Fullerlove, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

Unabridged

12 hours 7 min

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

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Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.
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Stories From The Shadows - Volume 7

Embrace the darkness

by Amy Levy, Alfred Lichtenstein, Jack London, F G Loring, Jean Lorrain, H P Lovecraft, Arthur Lynch, Arthur Machen, Niccolo Machiavelli, R H Malden, Mary E Mann, Richard Marsh, Guy De Maupassant, L T Meade and Robert Eustace, Prosper Merimee, Charlotte Mew, Gustav Meyrink, Richard Middleton, Thomas Street Millington, Robert Duncan Milne, Edward Page Mitchell, Mary Louisa Molesworth ...

Narrated by Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell ...

Unabridged

11 hours 45 min

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into ... Read more

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An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into
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The Gay Science

Enriched edition.

by Friedrich Nietzsche, Peter Boyd ...

Translated by Thomas Common, Paul V. Cohn, Maude D. Petre ...

In "The Gay Science," Friedrich Nietzsche embarks on a philosophical journey that celebrates life, individuality, and the reassessment of values amidst a backdrop of 19th-century existential thought. Written in a poetic and aphoristic style, the work defies conventional boundaries of philosophy, blending humor and deep introspection. Nietzsche introduces his idea of the "eternal recurrence" and ... Read more

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In "The Gay Science," Friedrich Nietzsche embarks on a philosophical journey that celebrates life, individuality, and the reassessment of values amidst a backdrop of 19th-century existential thought. Written in a poetic and aphoristic style, the work defies conventional boundaries of philosophy, blending humor and deep introspection. Nietzsche introduces his idea of the "eternal recurrence" and
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Essays, First Series

by Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

Essays, First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson. ... Read more

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Essays, First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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A Journey Around My Room

by Xavier De Maistre ...

Finding himself locked in his room for six weeks, a young officer uses his imagination to travel around his room, using the various objects it contains as inspiration for a delightful parody of contemporary travel-writing and exercise in Sternean picaresque, and humorously demonstrating what one can explore without having to travel to exotic locations. Contains a foreword by Alain de Botton ... Read more

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Finding himself locked in his room for six weeks, a young officer uses his imagination to travel around his room, using the various objects it contains as inspiration for a delightful parody of contemporary travel-writing and exercise in Sternean picaresque, and humorously demonstrating what one can explore without having to travel to exotic locations. Contains a foreword by Alain de Botton
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In Vino Veritas

by Soren Kierkegaard ...

It was on one of the last days in July, at ten o'clock in the evening, when the participants in that banquet assembled together. Date and year I have forgotten; indeed this would be interesting only to one's memory of details: and not to one's recollection of the contents of what experience. The spirit of the occasion and whatever impressions are recorded in one's mind under that heading, concerns ... Read more

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It was on one of the last days in July, at ten o'clock in the evening, when the participants in that banquet assembled together. Date and year I have forgotten; indeed this would be interesting only to one's memory of details: and not to one's recollection of the contents of what experience. The spirit of the occasion and whatever impressions are recorded in one's mind under that heading, concerns
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Meditations

by Marcus Aurelius ...

Translated by Maxwell Staniforth ...

Series series Penguin Great Ideas
A Penguin Great Ideas edition of timeless Stoic philosophy in practical aphorisms that have inspired luminaries like The Daily Stoic author Ryan Holiday, and influenced countless others to use philosophy as a tool for self-improvement and resilience to live a better life.Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161–180) ... Read more

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A Penguin Great Ideas edition of timeless Stoic philosophy in practical aphorisms that have inspired luminaries like The Daily Stoic author Ryan Holiday, and influenced countless others to use philosophy as a tool for self-improvement and resilience to live a better life.Few ancient works have been as influential as the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, philosopher and emperor of Rome (A.D. 161–180)
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Marius the Epicurean, both volumes in a single file

by Walter Pater ...

According to Wikipedia: "Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 - 30 July 1894) was an English essayist and critic of art and literary critic....his study of "Aesthetic Poetry" appeared in the Fortnightly Review, to be succeeded by essays on Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Pico della Mirandola and Michelangelo. These, with other similar studies, were collected in his Studies in the History of ... Read more

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According to Wikipedia: "Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 - 30 July 1894) was an English essayist and critic of art and literary critic....his study of "Aesthetic Poetry" appeared in the Fortnightly Review, to be succeeded by essays on Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Pico della Mirandola and Michelangelo. These, with other similar studies, were collected in his Studies in the History of
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Walter Pater: Complete Writings

The Renaissance, Marius The Epicurean, Imaginary Portraits, Plato and Platonism... (Bauer Classics)

by Walter Pater, Bauer Books ...

Series Book 27 - All Time Best Writers
Walter Horatio Pater was an English essayist, literary and art critic, and fiction writer, regarded as one of the great stylists. His works on Renaissance subjects were popular but controversial in his times.'Walter Pater: Complete Writings' contains:THE RENAISSANCEMARIUS THE EPICUREAN Vol.IMARIUS THE EPICUREAN Vol.IIIMAGINARY PORTRAITSAPPRECIATIONSPLATO AND PLATONISMGREEK ST... ... Read more

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Walter Horatio Pater was an English essayist, literary and art critic, and fiction writer, regarded as one of the great stylists. His works on Renaissance subjects were popular but controversial in his times.'Walter Pater: Complete Writings' contains:THE RENAISSANCEMARIUS THE EPICUREAN Vol.IMARIUS THE EPICUREAN Vol.IIIMAGINARY PORTRAITSAPPRECIATIONSPLATO AND PLATONISMGREEK ST...
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