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100 1 _aSödergran, Edith,
_d1892-1923
245 1 0 _aBrokiga iakttagelser
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-02-17
508 _aTuula Temonen
520 _aBrokiga iakttagelser by Edith Södergran is a collection of aphorisms and philosophical reflections written in the early 20th century. The book distills sharp, paradox-friendly observations on art, morality, intellect, religion, power, and society. Across tightly coiled sentences, the speaker weighs human nature, insisting that truth comes only in broken fragments and that fear, vanity, and misunderstanding drive much of public life. She challenges free will and sentimental morality, urging inner transformation through reshaped external conditions while praising severity, self-discipline, and the clarifying gifts of poverty, solitude, and suffering. Art and intellect are central: imagination must create, criticism should name a book’s worth plainly, and the highest art tends toward a cosmic realm beyond good and evil. Religion appears ambivalently—stultifying when deaf to art and science, yet capable of wordless adoration before the stars. Society and power are tested through images of masses and leaders, with frank admiration for Napoleonic boldness and a call for fate-trusting action. Personal counsels punctuate the whole: one earns one’s spouse, power over hearts is sacred, narrow feelings should be widened, and even insomnia or dreams can sharpen creative sensibility. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cHelsingfors: Holger Schildts Förlagaktiebolag, 1919
653 _aAphorisms and apothegms
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77972
999 _c118692
_d118692