Edgar Allan Poe

El Poder De Las Palabras / the Power of Words: Edicion Bilingue / Bilingual Edition Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher Marketing: Oinos.-Perdona, Agathos, la flaqueza de un espiritu recien ornado con las alas de la inmortalidad. Agathos.-Nada has dicho, Oinos mio, por lo que debas pedir perdon. Ni siquiera aqui el conocimiento es cosa de intuicion. La sabiduria si, la sabiduria pidesela libremente a los angeles, que te podra ser concedida. Oinos.-Pero yo habia sonado que en esta existencia seria sabedor de todas las cosas al mismo tiempo, y asi al punto feliz por conocerlo todo. Agathos.- Ah, la felicidad no esta en el conocimiento, sino en la adquisicion del conocimiento! La bienaventuranza eterna reside en conocer mas y mas, pero conocer todo seria la maldicion de un demonio. OINOS. Pardon, Agathos, the weakness of a spirit new-fledged with immortality! AGATHOS. You have spoken nothing, my Oinos, for which pardon is to be demanded. Not even here is knowled-ge thing of intuition. For wisdom, ask of the angels freely, that it may be given! OINOS. But in this existence, I dreamed that I should be at once cognizant of all things, and thus at once be happy in being cognizant of all. AGATHOS. Ah, not in knowledge is happiness, but in the acquisition of knowledge! In for ever knowing, we are for ever blessed; but to know all were the curse of a fiend. Contributor Bio:  Poe, Edgar Allan Author, poet, and literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe is credited with pioneering the short story genre, inventing detective fiction, and contributing to the development of science fiction. However, Poe is best known for his works of the macabre, including such infamous titles as "The Raven," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "Lenore," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Part of the American Romantic Movement, Poe was one of the first writers to make his living exclusively through his writing, working for literary journals and becoming known as a literary critic. His works have been widely adapted in film. Edgar Allan Poe died of a mysterious illness in 1849 at the age of 40.