Ergebnis für "Aphorisms" in Kunst & Unterhaltung

Dive into Nietzsches critique of Wagners music, characterized as degenerate, crude, and unintelligent. Nietzsche connects this depiction to the declining German culture and society. The translator presents a comprehensive introduction to these compelling thoughts.

In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) published two collections of aphorisms: A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated, in the Saturday Review newspaper, and Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, in the Oxford student magazine The Chameleon. By turns witty, intellectual, counter-intuitive and obtruse, the collections came to be seen by many as emblematic of Wilde's style, and countless collections of Wildean aphorisms have since been published. (Summary by Carl Manchester)