The poet's guide to life

the wisdom of Rilke
translated and edited by Ulrich Baer
Book - 2005
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926
Other Authors: Baer, Ulrich
Format: Book
Language:English
French
German
Published: New York : Modern Library, 2005.
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240 1 0 |a Correspondence.  |k Selections.  |l English 
245 1 4 |a The poet's guide to life :  |b the wisdom of Rilke /  |c translated and edited by Ulrich Baer. 
260 |a New York :  |b Modern Library,  |c 2005. 
300 |a lii, 215 p. ;  |c 20 cm. 
500 |a Excerpts in English translation from approximately 7,000 of Rilke's German and French letters. 
504 |a "Sources": p. [203]-215. 
505 0 |a On life and living: you have to live life to the limit -- On being with others: to be a part, that is fulfillment for us -- On work: get up cheerfully on days you have to work -- On difficulty and adversity: the measure by which we may know our strength -- On childhood and education: this joy in daily discovery -- On nature: it knows nothing of us -- On solitude: the loneliest people above all contribute most to commonality -- On illness and recovery: pain tolerates no interpretation -- On loss, dying, and death: even time does not "console"... it puts things in their place and creates order -- On language: that vast, humming, and swinging syntax -- On art: art presents itself as a way of life -- On faith: a direction of the heart -- On goodness and morality: nothing good, once it has come into existence, may be suppressed -- On love: there is no force in the world but love. 
600 1 0 |a Rilke, Rainer Maria,  |d 1875-1926  |v Correspondence. 
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650 0 |a Authors, German  |y 20th century  |v Correspondence. 
700 1 |a Baer, Ulrich. 
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