Luciano DuarteinAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)The Philosophy of Composition, by Edgar Allan PoeSweet illusion to those who think that a great artistic creation is the fruit of any divine illumination·2 min read·Oct 15, 2020--3--3
Luciano DuarteinILLUMINATIONJude the Obscure, by Thomas HardyJude the Obscure exposes the entrails of this repugnant organization called society.·2 min read·Oct 15, 2020----
Luciano DuarteDemocracy, an American Novel, by Henry AdamsAdams saw American skyscrapers doomed to become, one day, ruins of an ugly and false civilization.·4 min read·Oct 13, 2020----
Luciano DuarteinILLUMINATIONDon Quijote de la Mancha, by Miguel de CervantesDon Quijote de la Mancha awakens in the reader infinite compassion·2 min read·Oct 11, 2020--4--4
Luciano DuarteinAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)The Poetic Principle, by Edgar Allan PoeThe poet never sits concerned with the logical exposition of an idea or feeling·3 min read·Oct 7, 2020----
Luciano DuarteFathers and Sons, by Ivan TurgenevIt is said of Bazarov — the protagonist of Fathers and Sons, by Ivan Turgenev — the first nihilistic character in history.·2 min read·Sep 23, 2020----
Luciano DuarteThe World as Will and Representation, by SchopenhauerThis work, if read with sincerity and giving credit to the author, is an authentic poison, and perhaps the most potent.·3 min read·Aug 31, 2020----
Luciano DuarteCrime and Punishment, by Fyodor DostoevskyIt was Crime and Punishment my first contact with Dostoevsky: I had never read any author who approached his psychological acuity.·2 min read·Aug 4, 2020--5--5
Luciano DuarteCandide, or Optimism, by VoltaireVoltaire’s Candide, or Optimism is the best vaccine against the risible contemporary notion of man’s self-reliance.·2 min read·Jul 27, 2020----
Luciano DuarteOrthodoxy, by G. K. ChestertonThat is what great readings leave: strong impressions.·6 min read·Jul 23, 2020----