Screen LibraryA theory of the aphorism : from Confucius to Twitter /
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, New Jersey : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780691188959 0691188955 |
| Index Number: | PN6269 |
| CLC: | H033.3 |
| Call Number: | H033.3/H899 |
| Contents: | Introduction: A line -- 1 Confucius: The master wishes to be silent -- 2 Heraclitus: What is hidden -- 3 The Gospel of Thomas: What is revealed -- 4 Erasmus and Bacon: Antiquity and the new science -- 5 Pascal: The fragments of infinity -- 6 Nietzsche: The fragments of the unfinished -- Epilogue: A circle -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Bibliography -- Index. |