The Examined Life
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“A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man.”

— Thomas Mann

Death in Venice

From Mann's 1912 novella Death in Venice, exploring the inner life of an artist who sacrifices connection for intellectual intensity.

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