Excerpt from Solitude Considered, With Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart: Written Originally in GermanSolitude is that state in which the soul freely resigns itself to its own re¿ections. The sage, there fore, who banishes from his mind all recollection of external objects, and retires within himself, is not less solitary than he who forsakes society, and de votes himself entirely to the calm enjoyments of a lonely life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.