The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Butler, Samuel

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ISBN 10 : 1440089698 ISBN 13 : 9781440089695

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore a razor-sharp portrait of Samuel Butler, a fearless thinker who shaped modern critique. This edition gathers introductory writing and note-book reflections that reveal the mind of a remarkable 19th‑century observer—pragmatic, independent, and relentlessly curious about how ideas take hold.

Two concise sections frame Butler’s life and method: an accessible introduction to his heterodox views and a selection of his day‑to‑day observations. The result is a clear, patient look at how he thought, judged, and wrote across art, science, and daily life.

• How Butler questioned authority in religion, art, and science without surrendering value to any field.


• Why he trusted experience and honest reflection over formulaic doctrines.


• Examples of his habit of noting ideas, music, and impressions with disciplined, careful thought.


• Context for his influence on later pragmatism and the tradition of personal critical writing.

Ideal for readers seeking a thoughtful, accessible study of a provocative mind and a window into the origin of modern critical thinking. This edition is well suited to students, general readers, and anyone curious about the roots of pragmatic philosophy and literary criticism.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In uThe Doctor's Dilemma" there is a saucy reference to an unprofessional heretic who has views on art, science, morals and religion. Old Sir Patrick Cullen shocks the heretic's disciple by not even recognizing the name. ~(Bernard Shaw?" he ponders, "I never heard of him. He's a 11ethodist preacher, I suppose." Louis is horrified. "No, no. He's the most advanced man now living: he isn't anything." The old doctor is not set back an inch. These uadvanced~' men who impress the young by employing the accumulations of genius-he knows them. "I assure yOll, young man," he in-· fonns Louis, Hmy father learnt the doctdne of deliverance from sin from John Ves1cy's own lips before you or r.-1r. Shaw were born." I t is a pleasant thing to claim that the man you admire is "advanced" and to believe serenely that you are progressive along wHh him. It is also a convenient thing to employ such question-begging phrases as heterodox, radical, free-thinker, anarchist.

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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Samuel Butler (1835-1902) is best known for his utopian satire Erewhon, his posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh, and his translations of Homer. His family background made a career in the Church inevitable, but, while serving a low-income parish in London, he began to question his faith. He lived in New Zealand for five years, and later in life spent time in Italy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440089698
• ISBN 13: 9781440089695
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 461
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