Natsume Sōseki
Born
in Tokyo, Japan
February 09, 1867
Died
December 09, 1916
Genre
Influences
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Kokoro
by
268 editions
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published
1914
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I Am a Cat
46 editions
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published
1906
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Botchan
by
346 editions
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published
1906
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Sanshirō
by
114 editions
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published
1908
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The Three-Cornered World
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5 editions
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published
1906
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The Gate
by
86 editions
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published
1910
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And Then
by
59 editions
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published
1909
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The Miner
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34 editions
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published
1908
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Ten Nights' Dreams
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56 editions
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published
1908
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I Am a Cat: I
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23 editions
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published
1910
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“I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your insults in the future. I bear with my loneliness now, in order to avoid greater loneliness in the years ahead. You see, loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egotistical selves.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“You seem to be under the impression that there is a special breed of bad humans. There is no such thing as a stereotype bad man in this world. Under normal conditions, everybody is more or less good, or, at least, ordinary. But tempt them, and they may suddenly change. That is what is so frightening about men.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
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