Title: | Miary szczęścia - rzecz o słonecznych zegarach |
Authors: | Gielata, Ireneusz |
Keywords: | writing of sorrow; writing of joy; Arcadia; sundial; zegar słoneczny; pisanie o radości; pisanie o smutku |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | Katowice : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego |
Citation: | A. Szawerna-Dyrszka, I. Gielata (red.), "O szczęściu. Konteksty radosne" (S. 51-65). Katowice : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego |
Abstract: | The article is an attempt to answer a question on the measure of happiness or,
in other words, on the possibility of experiencing joys of life that would provide
a counterargument to Henri-Frédéric Amiel’s statement that “deep down
each thing sorrow dwells,” which makes “the pen of sorrow” burden “the pen
of joy.” Both an essay on the “intelligence of flowers” by Maurice Maeterlinck
and Amiel’s Journal suggest a sundial can perform such function. It is a device
measuring solar time, hence a time of experiencing happiness on the one hand,
and a measure indicating ephemeral and evanescent nature of the “hours of
joy.” |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/22834 |
ISBN: | 978-83-226-3878-1 |
Appears in Collections: | Książki/rozdziały (W.Hum.)
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