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csantamaria0
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Y así… anatómicamente, se vislumbraba se percibía la condición humana.

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averil
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First edition fun-fact: That beautiful frontispiece when you Google this book? Not in here! Doesn‘t show up until the fourth edition. And this one is only a quarto! Super cute accessory for your well-dressed-but-still-depressed 17th-century stroll 🤩🤩

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Traci1
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This one is calling to me today. Hoping it lives up to all the good things I've heard. 🤞

Eggbeater I loved this one! 4y
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Not an easy book to review. The writing isn‘t complex or unreadable, it‘s a hard book to read because the subject is complex and you constantly have to stop and think about what you just read. Worth every minute, but not something you‘ll get through quickly. I‘ve been reading it in snippets for AGES and it definitely made me do some thinking. (Something I appreciate.) While a reread will take some time, I plan to reread this one for sure.

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SW-T
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I am consuming books rather than reading them.

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SW-T
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Waiting seems at odds with progress, and we seldom ask whether it might have a purpose in and of itself.

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SW-T
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Acedia: a state of listlessness or torpor; not caring; being unable to perform one's duties. Acedia is more than just laziness or apathy. It‘s a dejection that makes it hard to commit to spiritual and ascetic practices, boredom that leads to falling asleep while reading, and frustration with life in general.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/desert-fathers-sins-acedia-sloth

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GatheringBooks
Melancholy | Alberto Manguel, Tim Wilkinson, Lszl F. Fldnyi (Foldenyi)
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#AuldLangReads Day 15: These are both #NewToYouAuthor(s) for me. I found both on Goodwill while book hunting in Antioch. I always keep an eye out for international translated titles such as these especially as we are doing A Year Of International Literature #ReadIntl2020 at GatheringBooks.

OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚😊 5y
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Leftcoastzen
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#soulSeptember #melancoly I hunted for this book so hard ,and back in the day , there were very few reprints.(No online ordering either)I consider it a major failing that I haven‘t read it yet.For those in the #NYRBbookclub they have an edition. Hey , at least I‘m honest about it .😀

batsy That looks wonderful. Was mulling over ordering the NYRB edition... It's a chunkster 😅 6y
Leftcoastzen @batsy it‘s got that sort of cultural heft that I thought would intrigue you! When I was hunting it down, I was reading several books that referred to it. Can I remember now what they were? Well of course not. 6y
batsy ? If that doesn't sum up my reading life! As for the Burton, I've heard people say it's very "readable", for lack of a better word, so that's rather encouraging! 6y
Eggs This sounds amazing 💗👏🏻📚👏🏻💗 6y
sisilia I have the NYRB edition.. I‘ll leave it for next year 😃 6y
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averagejulia333
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Sometimes Sadness makes Happiness more beautiful.

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