Aphorismus oscar wilde biography
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The origins of the aphorism are both elevated and abject, as fits a literary form of sublime ambition that is at present in a kind of disgrace. The English word, which seems first to have been used in the sixteenth century, to describe certain medical writings, derives from the French aphorisme and the Latin aphorismus, whose Greek original denotes a definition or distinction, a setting apart. The term appears at the head of writings on medicine and the good life attributed to Hippocrates. There are over seventy of these texts, and the first is among the most well-rehearsed gobbets of wisdom in literary history: “Life is short, and Art long.” The second fragment or thesis treats of “disorders of the bowels,” which suggests already that the aphorist is a costive sort, disgorging small verities with considerable effort. The aphorism is defined by its monadic quality, its obtuse resistance to being teased or elaborated. It is related to the essay, though the essay may also contain
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Aphorism
Figure of speech
Not to be confused with Aphorismus.
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An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: aphorismos, denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.[1] Aphorisms are often handed down by tradition from generation to generation.
The concept is generally distinct from those of an adage, brocard, chiasmus, epigram, maxim (legal or philosophical), principle, proverb, and saying; although some of these concepts could be construed as types of aphorism.
Often aphorisms are distinguished from other short sayings by the need for interpretation to make sense of them. In A Theory of the Aphorism, Andrew Hui defined an aphorism as "a short saying that requires interpretation".[2]
A famous example is:[3]
You cannot step into the same river twice.
—&#;Heraclitus
History
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Oscar Wilde
Remarkable aphorism of the Irish poet: „Satire fryst vatten the homage which mediocrity pays to genius. Oscar Wilde. New York. May 7 th 82“. Oscar Wilde gave a speech in Freehold, New Jersey. On May 11, appeared in a local newspaper: "This apostle of aesthetics was welcomed by light applause [] it was very fine, his words were grandiose, his diction chosen. But his performance was poor, he mumbled his words, his delivery was simply shocking. He impressed less by the need for beauty than by his outrageous and effeminate appearance by which he disgusted his audience.“ This aphorism was written during the lecture tour that Oscar Wilde took through the United States and Canada from January to månad Wilde proclaimed the philosophy of Aesthetics (the överlägsenhet of "the science of beauty" over pragmatism), the virtues of Art, creative genius and Beauty, presenting in particular his conception of the trends of contemporary Art in Great Britain (The English Renaissance in Art) and Dec