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Reflections

English

By (author): Andreas Laskaratos

Translated by: Simon Darragh

Andreas Laskaratos (1811-1901), a prominent figure in modern Greek letters, was a writer and poet, a social thinker and, in many ways, a controversialist. A life-long enemy of hypocrisy wherever he found it, on many occasions he turned against politicians, while he ceaselessly fought against corruption and religious prejudice and fanaticism. Much of his writing is savagely satirical, but his Reflections set out calmly, clearly and wittily his uncompromising and finely reasoned beliefs. As the essence of his thought they could be read with profit by present-day politicians and teachers of any nationality, and indeed by everybody with an interest in social and moral questions. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 150g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 295mm
  • Publication Date: 20 May 2015
  • Publisher: Aiora Press
  • Publication City/Country: Greece
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9786185048327

About Andreas Laskaratos

Andreas Laskaratos was born in Lixouri on the Greek island of Cephalonia in 1811 at a time when the Ionian Islands were under British rule. Brought up in a wealthy aristocratic family of land-owners he studied law in Paris and Pisa but only worked as a lawyer for four years. He published poetry and prose but became more well known as a satirist his satiric caricatures and parodies are con-sidered unique in modern Greek letters. owever his intransigent morality and intense satire took their toll; in 1856 his book The Mysteries of Cephalonia was anathematized by the local Bishop and he himself was excommunicated. Following the unification of the Ionian Islands with Greece his reputation began to grow and he eventually gained the respect and recognition of both the general public and the erudite. His excommunication was revoked in 1900 one year before he passed away in Argostoli over ninety years old.

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