Descript |
152 pages. |
Content |
text |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Contents |
Introduction -- An historical overview. Ancient Greece and Rome; The medieval anthology; The Renaissance; The age of wit; The romantic fragment; The making of America; Friedrich Nietzsche; Modernism; Postmodern decentring -- Brevity. Concision; Intensity; Speed; Condensation -- Wisdom. Chreia; Love; Excess; Uselessness -- Authority. Author; Quotation; Definition; Misogyny -- Thoughts and impressions. Travel; Greguerøa; Notebook; Interpretation -- Enigma and paradox. Paradox; Truth; Nonsense; Question -- Singularity and multiplicity. Fragments; Singularity; Series -- The aphorism today -- Glossary. |
ISBN |
9780415829281 (hbk.) |
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9780415829298 (pbk.) |
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