Charles Baudelaire

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Theory of the true civilization.
It is not to be found in gas or steam or table turning, It consists in the diminution of the traces of original sin.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic

Civilization

Author

Charles Baudelaire

Language

French

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 58.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "My Heart Laid Bare." Late Fragments: Flares, My Heart Laid Bare, Prose Poems, Belgium Disrobed, translated by Richard Sieburth. Yale University Press, 2022, no. 58.

There can be no progress (real, that is, moral) except in the individual and by the individual himself.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic

Personal growth Nature of progress Progress

Author

Charles Baudelaire

Language

French

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 15.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "My Heart Laid Bare." Late Fragments: Flares, My Heart Laid Bare, Prose Poems, Belgium Disrobed, translated by Richard Sieburth. Yale University Press, 2022, no. 15.

All that is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation.

Charles Baudelaire

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Reason Rationalism

Author

Charles Baudelaire

Source

Éloge du maquillage

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "Éloge du maquillage [In Praise of Makeup]." The Painter of Modern Life. Paris: Le Figaro, c. 1863.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "The Painter of Modern Life." Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Literature, translated by P. E. Charvet. Penguin Classics, 1993.

There are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic

Beauty Variety

Author

Charles Baudelaire

Source

Qu'est-ce que le romantisme?

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1846 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "Qu'est-ce que le romantisme?" Salon de 1846. 1846.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "Salon of 1846." Baudelaire: Selected Writings on Art and Literature, translated by P. E. Charvet. Penguin Classics, 1993.