On this day, 73 years ago, French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea and is believed to have died at that time. On that day, Saint-Exupéry took off in an unarmed P-38 on a reconnaissance mission to collect intelligence on German troop movements in and around France’s Rhone Valley. Author of works like ‘Night Flight’, ‘Wind, Sand and Stars’, and ‘Man and his World’, Saint-Exupéry is mostly known by classic novella ‘The Little Prince’, first published in New York in 1943.
The book begins precisely with a pilot being marooned in the desert, a reference to his experience as aviator. Stranded in that desert, the pilot meets a young prince coming from a tiny asteroid where he spends most of his time cleaning volcanoes and pulling out baobab trees. 'The Little Prince' is far more than just a book for kids, it explores the boundless themes of love, loneliness and purpose through captivating and loveable characters who mirror Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s own position of outcast. Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece is indeed a philosophical tale that includes social criticism and highlights the strangeness of the adult world.
‘The Little Prince’ is one of the most-translated books in the world (it has been translated into 300 languages and dialects) and it has become one of the best-selling books ever published.
Have you read ‘The Little Prince’ or any other book by Saint Exupéry? Did you like it?
Primo Michele Levi was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of several books, novels, collections of short stories, essays, and poems. Wikipedia
Born: July 31, 1919, Turin, Italy
Died: April 11, 1987, Turin, Italy
The aims of life are the best defense against death.
It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.
Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.
On this day, 73 years ago, French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea and is believed to have died at that time. On that day, Saint-Exupéry took off in an unarmed P-38 on a reconnaissance mission to collect intelligence on German troop movements in and around France’s Rhone Valley. Author of works like ‘Night Flight’, ‘Wind, Sand and Stars’, and ‘Man and his World’, Saint-Exupéry is mostly known by classic novella ‘The Little Prince’, first published in New York in 1943.
The book begins precisely with a pilot being marooned in the desert, a reference to his experience as aviator. Stranded in that desert, the pilot meets a young prince coming from a tiny asteroid where he spends most of his time cleaning volcanoes and pulling out baobab trees. 'The Little Prince' is far more than just a book for kids, it explores the boundless themes of love, loneliness and purpose through captivating and loveable characters who mirror Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s own position of outcast. Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece is indeed a philosophical tale that includes social criticism and highlights the strangeness of the adult world.
‘The Little Prince’ is one of the most-translated books in the world (it has been translated into 300 languages and dialects) and it has become one of the best-selling books ever published.
Have you read ‘The Little Prince’ or any other book by Saint Exupéry? Did you like it?
Have you read ‘The Little Prince’ or any other book by Saint Exupéry? Did you like it?
Primo Michele Levi was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. He was the author of several books, novels, collections of short stories, essays, and poems. Wikipedia
Born: July 31, 1919, Turin, Italy
Died: April 11, 1987, Turin, Italy
The aims of life are the best defense against death.
It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.
Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary need.
Chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor Primo Michele Levi was born in Turin, Italy on this day in 1919.
“If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a
happy time in a state of misery, it is just as true that calling up a
moment of anguish in a tranquil mood, seated quietly at one's desk, is
a source of profound satisfaction.”
―from THE PERIODIC TABLE by Primo Levi 有翻譯本
THE PERIODIC TABLE is largely a memoir of the years before and after Primo Levi’s transportation from his native Italy to Auschwitz as an anti-Facist partisan and a Jew. It recounts, in clear, precise, unfailingly beautiful prose, the story of the Piedmontese Jewish community from which Levi came, of his years as a student and young chemist at the inception of the Second World War, and of his investigations into the nature of the material world. As such, it provides crucial links and backgrounds, both personal and intellectual, in the tremendous project of remembrance that is Levi’s gift to posterity. But far from being a prologue to his experience of the Holocaust, Levi’s masterpiece represents his most impassioned response to the events that engulfed him. THE PERIODIC TABLEcelebrates the pleasures of love and friendship and the search for meaning, and stands as a monument to those things in us that are capable of resisting and enduring in the face of tyranny. READ more here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/the-periodic-table-by-…/
Chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor Primo Michele Levi was born in Turin, Italy on this day in 1919.
“If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a
happy time in a state of misery, it is just as true that calling up a
moment of anguish in a tranquil mood, seated quietly at one's desk, is
a source of profound satisfaction.”
―from THE PERIODIC TABLE by Primo Levi 有翻譯本
THE PERIODIC TABLE is largely a memoir of the years before and after Primo Levi’s transportation from his native Italy to Auschwitz as an anti-Facist partisan and a Jew. It recounts, in clear, precise, unfailingly beautiful prose, the story of the Piedmontese Jewish community from which Levi came, of his years as a student and young chemist at the inception of the Second World War, and of his investigations into the nature of the material world. As such, it provides crucial links and backgrounds, both personal and intellectual, in the tremendous project of remembrance that is Levi’s gift to posterity. But far from being a prologue to his experience of the Holocaust, Levi’s masterpiece represents his most impassioned response to the events that engulfed him. THE PERIODIC TABLEcelebrates the pleasures of love and friendship and the search for meaning, and stands as a monument to those things in us that are capable of resisting and enduring in the face of tyranny. READ more here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/the-periodic-table-by-…/
happy time in a state of misery, it is just as true that calling up a
moment of anguish in a tranquil mood, seated quietly at one's desk, is
a source of profound satisfaction.”
―from THE PERIODIC TABLE by Primo Levi 有翻譯本
THE PERIODIC TABLE is largely a memoir of the years before and after Primo Levi’s transportation from his native Italy to Auschwitz as an anti-Facist partisan and a Jew. It recounts, in clear, precise, unfailingly beautiful prose, the story of the Piedmontese Jewish community from which Levi came, of his years as a student and young chemist at the inception of the Second World War, and of his investigations into the nature of the material world. As such, it provides crucial links and backgrounds, both personal and intellectual, in the tremendous project of remembrance that is Levi’s gift to posterity. But far from being a prologue to his experience of the Holocaust, Levi’s masterpiece represents his most impassioned response to the events that engulfed him. THE PERIODIC TABLEcelebrates the pleasures of love and friendship and the search for meaning, and stands as a monument to those things in us that are capable of resisting and enduring in the face of tyranny. READ more here: http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/…/the-periodic-table-by-…/
Jean Dubuffet - Wikipedia
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Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French painter and sculptor. His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so called "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Dubuffet
Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French painter and sculptor. His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so called "
"Personally, I believe very much in values of savagery; I mean: instinct, passion, mood, violence, madness"—Jean Dubuffet born on this day 1901. From our collection, enjoy “Door with Couch Grass ( Porte au chiendent )” (1957), an assemblage of several paintings that he cut down and pieced together, typical of his interest in found patterns, textures, and materials. Using materials dismissed by Western aesthetics, Dubuffet wanted to paint unbridled energy, spontaneity, and truth to self—and with them, a spirit of insubordination and impertinence. Learn more: http://gu.gg/85tu30dU9Yv
Milton Friedman - Wikipedia
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Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his ...
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