Ihmisestä ja elämästä: Kirjoitelmia

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Ihmisestä ja elämästä: Kirjoitelmia

by Volter Kilpi

FI·~2 hours·11 chapters

Chapters

11 total

IHMISESTÄ JA ELÄMÄSTÄ

0:03

VOLTER KILPI

0:04

SISÄLLYS:

0:07

AJATTELUSTA.

43:17

KATSOMUKSEN IHANUUDESTA.

22:56

IHMISESTÄ.

27:23

TAITEESTA JA SIVEYDESTÄ. - I.

19:03

II.

27:38

TOTUUDESTA.

19:36

PUHE ILOSTA.

9:57
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Description

This volume gathers a series of thoughtful essays that wander through the nature of human experience, the beauty of perspective, and the role of art and morality in shaping our lives. The writer shares vivid reflections on how great poets such as Shakespeare and Goethe awaken deeper layers of feeling, turning reading into a lived, emotional encounter. By describing the colors and temperaments of painters like Titian and Böcklin, the prose invites listeners to sense the same creative pulse that makes a work feel alive.

The philosophical sections turn the same attention toward the mind, recalling the insights of Plato, Pascal, Spinoza, Schopenhauer and Emerson. Here the author argues that genuine thought can only influence another when it springs from a truly human place, and that our senses register the world only through the filters of personal feeling. Listeners are offered a gentle invitation to explore how inner perception creates the external world we experience, and to let that awareness deepen their own sense of being.

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Language

fi

Duration

~2 hours (170K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

Mar 6, 2016

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Volter Kilpi

Volter Kilpi

1874–1939

A major Finnish modernist, he is best remembered for the sweeping novel Alastalon salissa, a book often praised as one of the finest works in Finnish literature. His writing is known for its rich language, psychological depth, and bold, experimental style.

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