Author: Alain Corbin
Publisher: Cliff
ISBN: 9788417346720
Binding: Sewn paperback
Pages: 152
Format: 13 x 21 cm
Spanish Language
Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It makes possible the inner fortress where great writers, thinkers, scholars and believers have gathered for centuries. An indispensable requirement for contemplation, fantasy, prayer and creation, silence is the intimate source from which language flows, and it permeates our most private and sacred spaces, from the bedroom to the cathedral. But despite the fundamental role it plays in some of the most profoundly human experiences, silence has been banished from our lives by the incessant noise of urban spaces and technological devices. In our deafening present, Alain Corbin recovers, through the work of writers, artists and philosophers who treasured contemplation and calm, the history of a time when the word was rare and precious, and thus invites us to rediscover silence or, in other words, inner life.
