Alberto Caeiro describes himself as a discoverer of nature who feels the world through simple sight. He says the world was made to be looked at, not over‑analyzed, and that true happiness comes from accepting what nature inevitably brings. He also notes that even mistakes are part of being human.
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Alberto José Caeiro is a heteronym of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, first used in 1914 and introduced in print in 1925. In his fictional biography, Caeiro was born in Lisbon on 16 April 1889, lived most of his life in a village in Ribatejo and died in 1915. He was the leader and teacher of a
