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Titu Maiorecu, poliglot şi traducător
Titu Maiorescu, Polyglot and Translator

Author(s): Bogdan Mihai Dascălu
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: literature; value; Goethe; Schopenhauer; influence; philospphy; littérature; valeur; Goethe; Schopenhauer; influence; philosophie; literatură; valoare; Goethe; Schopenhauer; influenţă; filozofie

Summary/Abstract: Since he was young, TM has studied the classical languages and many occidental languages, such as German, French and English. By means of these languages, he was directly connected with the great European cultures. Fond of literature and philosophy, he focused on some texts that he considered useful for the Romanians'spiritual progress. The most well-known text he translated was Aphorisms by Schopenhauer, a text which had a huge success and powerfully influenced some of the Romanian writers and thinkers.

  • Issue Year: VIII/2012
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 121-126
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian