{"product_id":"a-system-that-excludes-all-systems-giacomo-leopardis-zibaldone-di-pensieri-9783034319942","title":"A System That Excludes All Systems: Giacomo","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor many decades Giacomo Leopardi’s \u003cem\u003eZibaldone di pensieri\u003c\/em\u003e has been seen as a collection of temporary thoughts and impressions whose final expression is to be found in the published poems (the \u003cem\u003eCanti\u003c\/em\u003e) and satirical dialogues (the \u003cem\u003eOperette morali\u003c\/em\u003e). The conceptual consistency of the work was thereby denied, privileging Leopardi the poet over Leopardi the thinker.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book shows that such a perceived lack of coherence is merely illusory. The \u003cem\u003eZibaldone\u003c\/em\u003e is drawn together by an intricate web of references centring around topics such as the ambivalent concept of nature; the Heraclitean «union of opposites» (ancients and moderns, poetry and philosophy, reason and imagination); and the tension between the desire for happiness and the impossibility of its realization. Largely unknown to the English-speaking world until its translation in 2013, the \u003cem\u003eZibaldone\u003c\/em\u003e is Leopardi’s intellectual diary, the place where dialogue with the ancient classical traditions evolves into modern encyclopaedism and what has been described as «thought in movement». It establishes Leopardi as one of the most original and radical thinkers of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«This book makes an extremely original contribution to the understanding of the complex universe that is Leopardi’s \u003cem\u003eZibaldone\u003c\/em\u003e. The depth and systematicity with which the author presents her findings are clearly the result of many years of exploration on the topic.» (Simona Wright, Professor of Italian, The College of New Jersey)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTENTS: A Book of Philosophical Sketches? – From Poet to Philosopher – «A System that Excludes All Systems» – «To Know Is None Other than To Feel» – «Turning Reason into Passion» – «Morality Is None Other than Propriety».\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043652206935,"sku":"9783034319942","price":66.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783034319942.jpg?v=1750959014","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-system-that-excludes-all-systems-giacomo-leopardis-zibaldone-di-pensieri-9783034319942","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}