#OliverGoldsmith died #OTD 1774. Novelist, poet, playwright. He lived by his pen, also writing philosophical essays, including on aesthetics (as debated by Berkeley, Hutcheson, Burke) https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2014/04/04/goldsmith-coda/

Wrote first bio of #GeorgeBerkeley including this wild story from college days https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2014/06/23/berkeley-strung-out/

Wrote an early elegy for a selection of friends, including #EdmundBurke https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2015/04/04/here-lies-edmund/

The original "Citizen of the World" https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-95900-9_3

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#OliverGoldsmith was born (probably in #Pallas, near where Centerparc Longford is now) probably on 10 Nov 1728. An alumnus of #TCD, he lived by his writing: novelist, playwright, poet, reviewer, essayist. His work included philosophical content including the review of #EdmundBurke's theory of #aesthetics described here https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2014/04/04/goldsmith-coda/

Goldsmith's biography in #DIB https://www.dib.ie/biography/goldsmith-oliver-a3516

Image: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goldsmith.jpg

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The statue of #OliverGoldsmith (from across the road) at Trinity College today.

Roarning!

The poem for two days ago is "Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog" by Oliver Goldsmith.
I think there is some kind of meaning behind this poem, but I am not sure what.

https://allpoetry.com/An-Elegy-On-The-Death-Of-A-Mad-Dog

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Roarning!

The poem for yesterday is "The Deserted Village" by Oliver Goldsmith.
It is quite a long poem.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44292/the-deserted-village

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