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Henri-Frédéric Amiel


Born
in Geneva, Switzerland
September 27, 1821

Died
May 11, 1881

Genre
Philosophy, Poetry


Henri Frédéric Amiel (27 September 1821 � 11 May 1881) was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic.

Born in Geneva in 1821, he was descended from a Huguenot family driven to Switzerland by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

After losing his parents at an early age, Amiel travelled widely, became intimate with the intellectual leaders of Europe, and made a special study of German philosophy in Berlin. In 1849 he was appointed professor of aesthetics at the academy of Geneva, and in 1854 became professor of moral philosophy.

These appointments, conferred by the democratic party, deprived him of the support of the aristocratic party, whose patronage dominated all the culture of the city. This isolation inspired the one book by which Amiel ...more

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Amiel's Journal
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Amiel's Journal, Vol 1: The...
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1922 — 24 editions
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Fragments d'un journal intime
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En torno al diario íntimo
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“To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.”
― Henri Frederic Amiel
tags: education, teacher, teaching
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“Life is short and we never have enough time for the hearts of those who travel the way with us. O, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.”
― Henri-Frederic Amiel, Amiel's Journal
tags: love
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“Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”
― Henri F. Amiel
tags: embrace, jessica-shirvington
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