The Oxford Book of Aphorisms

The Oxford Book of Aphorisms group work Wydawca: Oxford University Press Data wydania: 2003 ISBN: 9780192804563 Liczba stron: 394 Format: 196 x 129 x 22 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: This book brings together the most diverse figures-the classic aphorists, like La Rochefoucauld; the philosophers, from the Greeks to Samuel Johnson to Virginia Woolf-as well as statesmen, scientists, boulevardiers, Olympians, and gadflies. John Gross draws on their wisdom and wit to produce an anthology that will be referred to time and time again.