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SUMMARY - Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
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By reading this summary, you will discover how to succeed professionally while approaching wisdom.
You will also discover :
- that knowing the other allows you to know yourself ;
- that cultural eclecticism allows you to blossom;
- that the beauty of the world brings you closer to yourself;
- that to rise, it is advisable to surround oneself well.
Marguerite Yourcenar's masterpiece, Memoirs of Hadrian offers a poetic meditation on death, wisdom, power, and the quest for self. Richly documented, the work takes the form of fictional autobiography. The narrator, a Roman emperor of the second century A.D., recounts his life, from childhood to old age, including his accession to imperial dignity. Concerned with building a just and beautiful world, he hopes to give the reader the benefit of his own experience as a statesman. How to acquire both power and wisdom?
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