Разум цветов. Мудрость и судьба

Moris Meterlink - belʹgiĭskiĭ dramaturg, ėsseist i poėt, laureat Nobelevskoĭ premii, - bolee vsego izvesten svoimi pʹesami, pleni͡ai͡ushchimi skazochnoĭ atmosferoĭ i poletom poėticheskoĭ fantazii. Samai͡a znamenitai͡a pʹesa Meterlinka - "Sini͡ai͡a ptit͡sa" - rasskazyvaet o deti͡akh, poluchivshikh v podarok ot fei umenie "videtʹ dushi veshcheĭ". Vozmozhno, ėtim iskusstvom vladel i sam avtor, poskolʹku naturfilosofskie proizvedenii͡a Meterlinka ocharovyvai͡ut ne menʹshe, chem ego skazki. Talant poėta-simvolista i pronit͡satelʹnostʹ vli͡ublennogo v prirodu khudozhnika pozvoli͡ai͡ut Meterlinku neobychaĭno uvlekatelʹno rasskazyvatʹ o zavorazhivai͡ushchikh mirakh, vozmozhno bolee garmonichnykh, chem chelovecheskiĭ sot͡sium. Udivitelʹnye fakty iz zhizni raznoobraznykh t͡svetov, opisanie slozhnoĭ i slazhennoĭ raboty pchelinogo ulʹi͡a ili organizat͡sii termitnika prevrashchai͡utsi͡a v izlozhenii Meterlinka ne prosto v zapiski naturalista, a v svoego roda manifest sushchestvovanii͡a edinogo vysshego razuma, proi͡avli͡ai͡ushchego sebi͡a vo vsekh zhivykh sushchestvakh nasheĭ planety. Rassuzhdenii͡a o zhizni rasteniĭ, nasekomykh i zhivotnykh, glubokie umozakli͡uchenii͡a o chelovecheskom bytii, istorii, literature, religii, smelye paralleli i neozhidannye vyvody priglashai͡ut chitateli͡a porazmyshli͡atʹ o stanovlenii chelovecheskoĭ dushi, o stremlenii lichnosti naĭti svoe mesto v okruzhai͡ushchem mire i glubzhe osoznatʹ svi͡azʹ s prirodoĭ. V nastoi͡ashchem izdanii predstavleny izbrannye ėsse i traktaty Morisa Meterlinka, napisannye s 1896 po 1926 god: "Sokrovishche smirennykh", "Mudrostʹ i sudʹba", "Zhiznʹ pchel", "Pogrebennyĭ khram", "Dvoĭnoĭ sad", "Razum t͡svetov", "Zhiznʹ termitov".

Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright, essayist and poet, Nobel Prize winner, is best known for his plays that captivate with a fabulous atmosphere and flight of poetic fantasy. Maeterlinck's most famous play, The Blue Bird, tells the story of children who receive the ability to "see the souls of things" as a gift from a fairy. Perhaps the author himself possessed this art, since Maeterlinck's natural philosophical works fascinate no less than his fairy tales. The talent of a symbolist poet and the insight of an artist in love with nature allow Maeterlinck to speak in an extraordinarily fascinating way about fascinating worlds, perhaps more harmonious than human society. The amazing facts from the life of various flowers, the description of the complex and well-coordinated work of a bee hive or the organization of a termite mound turn into Maeterlinck's presentation not just into the notes of a naturalist, but into a kind of manifesto of the existence of a single higher intelligence that manifests itself in all living beings of our planet. Reflections on the life of plants, insects and animals, deep conclusions about human existence, history, literature, religion, bold parallels and unexpected conclusions invite the reader to reflect on the formation of the human soul, on the desire of the individual to find his place in the world around him and to become more aware of the connection with nature. This edition contains selected essays and treatises by Maurice Maeterlinck, written from 1896 to 1926: "The Treasure of the Humble", "Wisdom and Fate", "The Life of bees", "The Buried Temple", "The Double Garden", "The Mind of flowers", "The Life of termites".