The Virtues of Solitude
Or: The Enviable Isolation of Robinson Crusoe
Aug 31, 2018 · 5 min read

In Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, the titular protagonist spends over two decades isolated on a small island. He names it “The Island of Despair.” By his own account, he considered this solitary period of his unfortunate life the “most miserable of all conditions in the world.” Well, this is how he felt at the beginning. The early years were…
