Princess Savitri was the only child of King Ashvapati. It was unknown whether she was more beautiful or smarter. Once she went on an excursion to the forest with her attendants. In the forest, she met a woodcutter whose beauty captivated her; and somehow she knew that he was not a woodcutter by birth. Inquiring … Read more
javljen 1951. godine. Ovaj roman je iznimno vrijedan i originalan doprinos svjetskoj književnosti. Hadrijanove memoare su vrlo dojmljivo napisano djelo koje nas uvodi u svijet Rimskog Carstva i portretira život cara Hadrijana. Kroz memoare, Yourcenar nam daje dubok uvid u Hadrijanovu unutarnju borbu, njegove misli i osjećaje. Roman nam otkriva složene aspekte njegove ličnosti i … Read more
Although we know a lot about art, philosophy, medicine, mathematics, and other sciences of ancient Greece, the cradle of Western culture and civilization, in the depths of time lies the heart of ancient Greece from which everything we know about this culture was born, and those are the mysteries. Almost all great artists, playwrights, philosophers, … Read more
The mysteries were thinning the veil of enchantment that made the visible world for humans, and for the initiates of the Eleusinian mysteries, death and life were nothing more than two faces of a secret that remains the only foundation of reality, two temporary states of one eternal substance. Eleusinian mysteries, which were held in … Read more
Celebrated author of The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 – 1944), also wrote other, less known, but equally valuable works that captivate with their philosophy of life. The famous quote from The Little Prince, “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye,” is … Read more
