Optimism: An Essay - Softcover

Keller, Helen

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798210426673

Verlag: Blurb, 2022

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Optimism is a classic and inspirational essay by Helen Keller on the topic of optimism that serves as one of the best self-help books that one could find. This great work contains this snippet: Could we choose our environment, and were desire in human undertakings synonymous with endowment, all men would, I suppose, be optimists. Certainly most of us regard happiness as the proper end of all earthly enterprise. The will to be happy animates alike the philosopher, the prince and the chimney-sweep. No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

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Helen Keller (1880-1968) was an American author, lecturer, and advocate whose work addressed both personal experience and broader questions of human capacity and development. After losing her sight and hearing in early childhood, she became a prominent public figure through her education and writing, demonstrating the possibilities of communication and intellectual achievement under conditions widely regarded as limiting.Her published works include The Story of My Life, Optimism, and numerous essays addressing social, philosophical, and political themes. While widely recognised for her autobiographical writing, Keller also produced reflective and interpretive works that engage with questions of thought, belief, and human agency. Optimism represents one such work, presenting her considered view of the role of mental attitude within a broader philosophical framework. Her writing continues to be read for both its intellectual content and its place within discussions of human potential and experience.

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• Verlag: Blurb
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798210426673
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 30
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