Although bucolic poetry can, with good reason, seem very boring, sometimes unpalatable, the sentiment it articulates is certainly authentic and beautiful. And even if the verses get tiresome, almost always because they go on longer than they should, it’s very good to meditate on the image that emerges from them. Merely imagining the placid and perennial satisfaction that can be extracted from a life centered on simplicity and communion with the environment is something positive, as it enriches the imagination with a tangible possibility that the world almost always strives to hide.
Category: Notes
Remembering That Big Changes…
Remembering that big changes do not happen every day is the most obvious and prudent advice for someone who has become accustomed to acting by betting on the improbable. Because, in short, there is no reason for predictable failure to turn into frustration. It is necessary to act for the sake of acting, and let whatever has to happen happen. In this way, one protects oneself against the uncontrollable and makes the most of what can surely be made.
Life Is Always More Interesting…
Life is always more interesting when one takes risks and lives in the knowledge that to act is to risk. But sometimes it happens that there is so much bad luck that the successive setbacks accumulate in an unbearably disappointing way, and soon one loses that minimum of hope without which one cannot take a risk. Such discouragement is the death of the spirit, and it is undoubtedly much more profitable to spend one’s life as a deluded madman than to succumb to it; for the madman at least acts, and from his action something good can be drawn.
In Fact, We Have to Be Very Careful…
In fact, we have to be very careful with a general history of anything, because it will necessarily hide more than it reveals. Of course, we cannot conclude from this that it is useless, but we must be aware that for each of the conclusions it may draw, there will be contradictory examples in the specific history of the events covered. So, while the tremendous effort involved in producing a general history cannot be overlooked, it is clear that the best history is always micro-history, and it is on this that any serious study should focus.