The Philosophical Writings Of Edgar Saltus

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
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Release : 2018-07-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1387976036

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The Philosophical Writings of Edgar Saltus by Edgar Saltus Pdf

This book contains both major philosophical books authored by master of prose and philosopher of pessimism - Edgar Saltus. A talented writer, Saltus tackles topics of philosophy which might otherwise be dry or tedious with sparkling wit. Clarity is given to subjects which would normally turn off readers from approaching, and it is with an entertaining passion that Saltus tackles a variety of topics concerning pessimism, religion and human life. The Philosophy of Disenchantment is a retrospective examination of pessimism, with particular emphasis on philosophers such as Arthur Schopenhauer and Eduard Von Hartmann. By contrast, The Anatomy of Negation looks at writers and philosophers who present antitheism (a belief in no deity) as a tenet of their writings. Of principle concern here is the French author Leconte de Lisle and the ancient Hindu sage Kapila. Although a somewhat obscure philosopher in the modern day, Saltus remains one of the best introductions to moral pessimism and philosophy.

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1545499640

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The Philosophical Writings of Edgar Saltus by Edgar Saltus Pdf

This book contains both major philosophical books authored by master of prose and philosopher of pessimism - Edgar Saltus. A lively and talented writer, Saltus tackles topics of philosophy which might otherwise be dry or boring with a sparkling wit. Clarity is given to subjects which would normally turn off readers from even approaching, and it is with an entertaining passion that Saltus tackles a variety of topics concerning pessimism, religion and human life. The Philosophy of Disenchantment is a retrospective examination of pessimism, with particular emphasis on philosophers such as Arthur Schopenhauer and Eduard Von Hartmann. Saltus presents an overview of the greatest questions pondered by these writers, giving his own frank yet eloquent views on both the queries themselves, and the men who brought them such renown. By contrast, The Anatomy of Negation looks at writers and philosophers who present antitheism (a belief in no deity) as a tenet of their writings. Of principle concern here is the French author Leconte de Lisle and the ancient Hindu sage Kapila. Tracing the doctrine back to the earliest days of Hinduism, it is here that Saltus presents both the religious outlook on living, and the atheistic outlook, for the reader's consideration. Although a somewhat obscure philosopher in the modern day, Saltus remains one of the best introductions to moral pessimism and philosophical questions surrounding religion. Quite popular and much-praised by contemporaries in Europe and the USA in his day, Saltus' fame would not continue after he perished in 1921. As well as philosophy, he also wrote fiction; two books of his were adapted into silent films in the early 1920s.

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Pessimism
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011610912

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The Philosophy of Disenchantment by Edgar Saltus Pdf

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Pessimism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020008681

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The Anatomy of Negation by Edgar Saltus Pdf

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1512098450

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The Philosophy of Disenchantment by Edgar Saltus Pdf

"The Philosophy of Disenchantment" from Edgar Saltus. American writer (1855-1921).

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Pessimism
ISBN : UVA:X001131527

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The Philosophy of Disenchantment by Edgar Saltus Pdf

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039019547

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Imperial Purple by Edgar Saltus Pdf

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1484167112

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Imperial Purple by Edgar Saltus Pdf

The decadent florid masterpiece of the Roman Empire. This book is considered Edgar Saltus's best known work. "There is something delightfully frank and also psychologically pleasing in President-elect Harding's declaration that Edgar Saltus is his favorite author, and 'Imperial Purple' his favorite novel….Like the French writers, Saltus uses short sentences and terse phrases, and his historic work has been compared to that of Carlyle in his 'French Revolution.' Arthur Symons says of Saltus, 'His pages exhale a kind of exotic and often abnormal perfume of colors of sensations, of crowded atmospheres.' The lover of Saltus is not merely a serious, conscientious, and conservative statesman; he is a most human being with warm impulses, and assuredly with something of artistic impressionability in his temperament. He is a lover of the picturesque, the colorful, the dramatic and virile." -The Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Volume 24, September 18th 1920. "A genre almost non-existent today - history decked in the colorful impressionism of the magazine essay of the last century." -Claire Sprague Contents: That Woman; Conjectural Rome; Fabulous Fields; The Pursuit of the Impossible; Nero; The House of Flavia; The Poison in the Purple; Faustine; The Agony.

Author : Eugene Thacker
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781937561871

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Cosmic Pessimism by Eugene Thacker Pdf

“We’re doomed.” So begins the work of the philosopher whose unabashed and aphoristic indictments of the human condition have been cropping up recently in popular culture. Today we find ourselves in an increasingly inhospitable world that is, at the same time, starkly indifferent to our species-specific hopes, desires, and disappointments. In the Anthropocene, pessimism is felt everywhere but rarely given its proper place. Though pessimism may be, as Eugene Thacker says, the lowest form of philosophy, it may also contain an enigma central to understanding the horizon of the human. Written in a series of fragments, aphorisms, and prose poems, Thacker’s Cosmic Pessimism explores the varieties of pessimism and its often-conflicted relation to philosophy. “Crying, laughing, sleeping—what other responses are adequate to a life that is so indifferent?”

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Russia
ISBN : OSU:32435059641514

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The Imperial Orgy by Edgar Saltus Pdf

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547225928

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Historia Amoris by Edgar Saltus Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Historia Amoris" (A History of Love, Ancient and Modern) by Edgar Saltus. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Claire Sprague
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : UOM:39015002758574

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Edgar Saltus by Claire Sprague Pdf

Author : Edgar Saltus,G. F. Monkshood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:088072332

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Wit & Wisdom from Edgar Saltus by Edgar Saltus,G. F. Monkshood Pdf

Author : David Weir
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780791479179

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Decadent Culture in the United States by David Weir Pdf

Decadent Culture in the United States traces the development of the decadent movement in America from its beginnings in the 1890s to its brief revival in the 1920s. During the fin de siècle, many Americans felt the nation had entered a period of decline since the frontier had ended and the country's "manifest destiny" seemed to be fulfilled. Decadence—the cultural response to national decline and individual degeneracy so familiar in nineteenth-century Europe—was thus taken up by groups of artists and writers in major American cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. Noting that the capitalist, commercial context of America provided possibilities for the entrance of decadence into popular culture to a degree that simply did not occur in Europe, David Weir argues that American-style decadence was driven by a dual impulse: away from popular culture for ideological reasons, yet toward popular culture for economic reasons. By going against the grain of dominant social and cultural trends, American writers produced a native variant of Continental Decadence that eventually dissipated "upward" into the rising leisure class and "downward" into popular, commercial culture.

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : United States
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1T7I

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Mr. Incoul's Misadventure by Edgar Saltus Pdf