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Elogio degli uccelli
1824
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Gli uccelli sono le creature più perfette: tendono al moto piuttosto che alla quiete, hanno l'udito e la vista più sviluppati, sono abituati a cambiare clima molto in fretta e quando c'è tempesta, invece di subirla, come gli uomini, possono volarsene in alto, oltre le nuvole. E poi gli uccelli non cadono mai preda della noia: cinguettano di continuo, segno di felicità e di sorriso, cosa che agli uomini è circoscritta solo a determinate occasioni... L'Elogio degli Uccelli è stato composto da Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) nel 1824.

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Giacomo Leopardi
Giacomo Leopardi
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Italian scholar, poet, essayist and philosopher, one of the great writers of the 19th century. Leopardi's love problems inspired some of his saddest lyrics. Despite having lived in a small town, Leopardi was in touch with the main ideas of the Enlightenment movement. His literary evolution turned him into one of the well known Romantic poets. In his late years, when he lived in an ambiguous relationship with his friend Antonio Ranieri on the slopes of Vesuvius, Leopardi meditated upon the possibility of the total destruction of humankind. Leopardi was a contemporary of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, with whom he shared a similarly pessimistic view of life. The latter praised Leopardi's philosophical thoughts on The World as Will and Representation.

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