Bloom, Harold.

Contents: The power of wisdom -- The Hebrews: Job and Ecclesiastes -- The Greeks: Plato's contest with Homer -- Cervantes and Shakespeare -- The greatest ideas are the greatest events -- Montaigne and Francis Bacon -- Samuel Johnson and Goethe -- Emerson and Nietzsche -- Freud and Proust -- Christian wisdom -- The gospel of Thomas -- Saint Augustine and reading -- Coda: nemesis and wisdom.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Riverhead Books 2004

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