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Essays and Dialogues

Giacomo Leopardi

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Jove to make their condition one of perpetual childhood. But the god could not satisfy them in this matter; for it was contrary to the laws of nature, and the divine decrees and intentions. Neither could he communicate his own infinity to mortal creatures, nor the world itself, any more than he could bestow infinite happiness and perfection on men and things. It seemed best to him to extend the limits of creation, at the same time increasing the world's diversity and beauty. In fulfilment of this intention, he enlarged the earth on all sides; and made the sea to flow as a separation between inhabited places, so that it might vary the aspect of things, and by severing their roads, prevent men from easily discovering the confines of the world. He also designed the sea to serve as a vivid representation of the infinity which they desired. Then it was that the waters covered the island Atlantis, as well as many other vast tracts of country; but the remembrance of this island . . . Read More

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Vermöge meiner etwas tiefgreifenderen Einfühlungsgabe gegenüber seltenen Charakteren wie Giacomo Leopardi, welche es auf Grund ihrer Geistesgabe vermochten, das Leben und die Menschen empfindlicher, intensiver und tiefer zu durchleuchten als die Majorität, war ich beim Lesen dieses Werkes durchgehen

Джакомо Леопарди е просто страхотен.

Excellent works. Leopardi's essays and dialogues provide a distinctly unique variant of Italian pessimism that probes into the same concerns of truth, life, suffering, and the ironic complexities of civilization, and the relationship of the self to society and whether there is any true possibility o

Da tempo ero curiosa di leggere quest’opera. Leopardi mi ha incuriosita notevolmente nel momento in cui l’ho studiato e per questo avevo l’intenzione di approfondirlo ulteriormente tramite una lettura.
Le operette morali sono secondo me perfette per comprendere al meglio il pessimismo Leopardiano, s

Va be’, io sono una bimba di Leopardi, che posso dire

Friend: I have read your book. Melancholy in your usual manner.
Tristan: Yes, in my usual manner.
Friend: Melancholy, disconsolate, desperate: one can see you think this life is a hideous business.
Tristan: What can I say? I had this mad idea in my head, that human life was unhappy.
Friend: Unhappy it m

e se fosse, semplicemente, il più bel libro della letteratura italiana?
Senza nulla togliere a Dante, all'Ariosto e al Manzoni

Premetto che adoro Leopardi fin dai tempi del liceo e che più lo leggo, più lo amo. Il mio primo contatto con queste prose satiriche, come le definisce lo stesso Giacomino, risale tuttavia all'università ed è stato un vero colpo di fulmine, tanto che, vuoi per lavoro (sono un insegnante di italiano)

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