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Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Born

in Geneva, Switzerland

September 27, 1821

Died

May 11, 1881

Genre

Philosophy, Poetry

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Henri Frédéric Amiel (27 September 1821 – 11 May 1881) was a Swiss moral philosopher, poet, and critic.

Born in Geneva in 1821, he was descended from a Huguenot family driven to Switzerland by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

After losing his parents at an early age, Amiel travelled widely, became intimate with the intellectual leaders of Europe, and made a special study of German philosophy in Berlin. In 1849 he was appointed professor of aesthetics at the academy of Geneva, and in 1854 became professor of moral philosophy.

These appointments, conferred by the democratic party, deprived him of the support of the aristocratic party, whose patronage dominated all the culture of the city. This isolation inspired the one book by which Amiel ...more

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Average rating: 4.22 · 165 ratings · 22 reviews · 183 distinct works

	Amiel's Journal 4.24 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1883 — 194 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amiel's Journal, Vol 1: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Mary Augusta Ward (Translator) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1882 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jean Jacques Rousseau 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1922 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragments d'un journal intime 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En torno al diario íntimo by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Roland Jaccard (Editor), Laura Freixas (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragments d'un journal intime, Vol 1: Précédés d'une étude par Edmond Scherer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Uneksijan päiväkirja by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, V.A. Koskenniemi (Contributor), J.A. Hollo (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1883	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fragments d'un journal intime, Vol 2: Presedes d'une etude by Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Edmond Scherer (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.”
― Henri Frederic Amiel

tags: education, teacher, teaching

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“Life is short and we never have enough time for the hearts of those who travel the way with us. O, be swift to love! Make haste to be kind.”
― Henri-Frederic Amiel, Amiel's Journal

tags: love

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“Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.”
― Henri F. Amiel

tags: embrace, jessica-shirvington

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