A History of Silence: From the Renaissance to the Present Day by Alain Corbin

A History of Silence: From the Renaissance to the Present Day

Alain Corbin with Jean Birrell (Translator)

160 pages hardcover 2016

8 editions

nonfiction history philosophy informative reflective slow-paced
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Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries. It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bed...

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