Description An engaging look at the aphorism, the shortest literary form, across time, languages, and cultures Aphorisms--or philosophical short sayings--appear everywhere, From Confucius to Twitter, the Buddha to the Bible, Heraclitus to Nietzsche.
What are its origins? How did it develop? How do religious or philosophical movements arise From the enigmatic sayings of charismatic leaders?.
Yet despite this ubiquity, the aphorism is the least studied literary form.
Description An engaging look at the aphorism, the shortest literary form, across time, languages, and cultures Aphorisms--or philosophical short sayings--appear everywhere, From Confucius to Twitter, the Buddha to the Bible, Heraclitus to Nietzsche