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An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. [1] Aphorisms are often handed down by tradition from generation to generation.
Instead, an aphorism is a general, often overused phrase that presents an observation about life. It usually presents the speaker’s worldview or a directive that they give to others about how to ...
Ars longa, vita brevis is a Latin translation of an aphorism coming originally from Greek. It roughly translates to "skillfulness takes time and life is short". The aphorism quotes the first two lines of the Aphorisms by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates: "Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή".
The book consists of 153 aphorisms and short essays that reflect on the nature of modern life and the impact of Capitalism, Fascism, and mass culture on the individual. Adorno critiques the alienation , conformity, and loss of individuality in modern society, arguing that the conditions of late capitalism have made it impossible to lead a ...
The Life of Reason is sometimes considered to be one of the most poetic and well-written works of philosophy in Western history. [1] To supply but a single example, the oft-quoted aphorism of Santayana's, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," may be found on p. 284 of Reason in Common Sense.
Unlike his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, which was written in essay style, Human, All Too Human is a collection of aphorisms, a style which Nietzsche would use in many of his subsequent works. The aphorisms of Human, All Too Human range from a few words to a few pages, but most are short paragraphs. The 638 aphorisms of the first ...
Aphorismus (from the Greek: ἀφορισμός, aphorismós, "a marking off", also "rejection, banishment") is a figure of speech that calls into question if a word is properly used ("How can you call yourself a man?"). [1]
"The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" is an aphorism attributed to Percy Bysshe Shelley.In A Defence of Poetry (1821, not published until 1840) Shelley remarked that the promoters of utility had exemplified the saying, "To him that hath, more shall be given; and from him that hath not, the little that he hath shall be taken away.