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S'està carregant… Gratitude (2015 original; edició 2015)de Oliver Sacks (Autor)
Informació de l'obraGratitude de Oliver Sacks (2015)
   No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra.  LibraryPAH | Apr 25, 2023 |  Lovely book! (  ) JRobinW | Jan 20, 2023 | I wanted to continue reading this man's work after having read one of his books, and it was probably a wrong choice, since it has left me questioning my life in the search for something unique to do with it, in a time when my immature thoughts conflict with the need to contribute in some field these years that will be given to me. The philosophy is so painful that eventually all you can do is stop thinking at all or start thinking scientifically; there's no in between. These are the thoughts that this book generated in my mind, although the view of Oliver is much brighter and optimistic than my own, a fact quite ironic if one considers that he wrote his final breath on this book and here I am sixty years younger than he was, wondering curiously and wishing for my future life to have an impact and to offer something important to the world. So many thoughts, so many feelings since I realize that even a man of his accomplishments has a tiny voice inside pushing him to want to do more and know more and explore everything this world has to offer. And it's almost terrifying to see from the view of a brilliant dead man through his biographic pages and realising that noone can actually do everything because then people would live in a state of constant panic. I will close this huge and probably unimportant monologue saying that whatever contains the thoughts and points of view of this man is remarkable and I definitely recommend it to be read. (  ) Ihaveapassion | Oct 25, 2022 | I read this book in one night, if not one hour, when I couldn't sleep. It helped me understand my grandmother's death, death in general, and the gift 0f living a full life. ( ) Gadi_Cohen | Sep 22, 2021 | Quick, lovely read. ( ) CaitlinMcC | Jul 11, 2021 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Biography & Autobiography.
Literary Criticism.
Philosophy.
Nonfiction.
HTML:"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved. I have been given much and I have given something in return. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure." â??Oliver Sacks No writer has succeeded in capturing the medical and human drama of illness as honestly and as eloquently as Oliver Sacks. During the last few months of his life, he wrote a set of essays in which he movingly explored his feelings about completing a life and coming to terms with his own death. "It is the fate of every human being," Sacks writes, "to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death." Together, these four essays form an ode to the uniqueness of each human being and to gratitude for the gift of life. "Oliver Sacks was like no other clinician, or writer. He was drawn to the homes of the sick, the institutions of the most frail and disabled, the company of the unusual and the 'abnormal.' He wanted to see humanity in its many variants and to do so in his own, almost anachronistic wayâ??face to face, over time, away from our burgeoning apparatus of computers and algorithms. And, through his writing, he showed us what he saw." â??Atul Gawande, author of Bein No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)616.80092Technology and Application of Knowledge Medicine and health Diseases Diseases of nervous system and mental disordersLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (4.14)
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As Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life his final thoughts were of gratitude. In a series of remarkable, beautifully written and uplifting meditations, in Gratitude Dr Sacks reflects on and gives thanks for a life well lived, and expresses his thoughts on growing old, facing terminal cancer and reaching the end.