Society and Solitude and Other Essays
Society and Solitude and Other Essays

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-11

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780371919262

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Solitude
Solitude

Author: Philip Koch

Publisher: Open Court Publishing

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780812692433

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About the philosophical aspects of solitude.

The Art of Solitude
The Art of Solitude

Author: Stephen Batchelor

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2020-02-18

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0300252277

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In a time of social distancing and isolation, a meditation on the beauty of solitude from renowned Buddhist writer Stephen Batchelor “Whatever a soul is, the author goes a long way toward soothing it. A very welcome instance of philosophy that can help readers live a good life.”—Kirkus Reviews “Elegant and formally ingenious.”—Geoff Wisner, Wall Street Journal When world renowned Buddhist writer Stephen Batchelor turned sixty, he took a sabbatical from his teaching and turned his attention to solitude, a practice integral to the meditative traditions he has long studied and taught. He aimed to venture more deeply into solitude, discovering its full extent and depth. This beautiful literary collage documents his multifaceted explorations. Spending time in remote places, appreciating and making art, practicing meditation and participating in retreats, drinking peyote and ayahuasca, and training himself to keep an open, questioning mind have all contributed to Batchelor’s ability to be simultaneously alone and at ease. Mixed in with his personal narrative are inspiring stories from solitude’s devoted practitioners, from the Buddha to Montaigne, from Vermeer to Agnes Martin. In a hyperconnected world that is at the same time plagued by social isolation, this book shows how to enjoy the inescapable solitude that is at the heart of human life.

Fort Solitude (DC Comics: Secret Hero Society #2)
Fort Solitude (DC Comics: Secret Hero Society #2)

Author: Derek Fridolfs

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2016-12-27

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1338183761

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Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, and Diana Prince are back along with a lot of new friends as their Secret Hero Society goes to Spring Break Adventure Camp! The follow-up to the bestselling hit Study Hall of Justice! Clark Kent is thrilled when he receives an invite to a spring break academic retreat. After taking down the villains of Ducard Academy the previous year, going back to life on the farm was a bit dull. Better yet, his friends Bruce and Diana have been invited there, too! What better way to spend spring break than with old friends (Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn) and new ones like Arthur Curry (Aquaman), Barry Allen (the Flash), and Vic Stone (Cyborg)?When Clark arrives at Camp Evergreen he, makes new friends, reconnects with old ones, and nothing seems weird at all! Well, that is until kids start disappearing . . . One by one . . . Plus, there's a lake monster, bigfoot has been spotted, there are reports of a boogeyman, and there may or may not be a UFO crashed into the lake. Clark, Bruce, and Diana will have to reassemble the Junior Detective -- er-- Criminal Investigation Unit, in an all-new, supernatural adventure!

The End of Solitude
The End of Solitude

Author: William Deresiewicz

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Published: 2022-08-23

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1250125545

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A passionate, probing collection gathering nearly thirty years of groundbreaking reflection on culture and society alongside four new essays, by one of our most respected essayists and critics. What is the internet doing to us? What is college for? What are the myths and metaphors we live by? These are the questions that William Deresiewicz has been pursuing over the course of his award-winning career. The End of Solitude brings together more than forty of his finest essays, including four that are published here for the first time. Ranging widely across the culture, they take up subjects as diverse as Mad Men and Harold Bloom, the significance of the hipster, and the purpose of art. Drawing on the past, they ask how we got where we are. Scrutinizing the present, they seek to understand how we can live more mindfully and freely, and they pose two fundamental questions: What does it mean to be an individual, and how can we sustain our individuality in an age of networks and groups?

Self-reliance
Self-reliance

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Publisher: FV Éditions

Published: 2014-03-27

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 2366688199

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"Every great man is a unique". R.W Emerson told us that Self-confidence is always about independence : "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."