The Philosophical Writings Of Edgar Saltus The Philosophy Of Disenchantment The Anatomy Of Negation

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

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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 : 52,8 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 : 272 pages
File Size : 46,8 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 : 270 pages
File Size : 47,9 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 : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1512098450

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

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Pessimism
ISBN : OCLC:258178884

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The Anatomy of Negation by Edgar Saltus Pdf

Author : Edgar Evertson Saltus
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1494839156

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The Philosophy of Disenchantment by Edgar Evertson Saltus Pdf

From an advertisement in The Book Buyer: A Monthly Review of American and Foreign Literature, Volume 6: HOWEVER we may disagree with that view of life which pronounces it an affliction, a tragedy in the language of a farce, no one can deny the force of Saltus' writing and the dark certainty of his deductions. From the first man to the present hour, life has presented a problem which neither hope, philosophy nor religion has been able to answer. Sage and poet nave pronounced it a vanity and a sham, a dark shifting curtain painted with fantastic shapes, a lane of light with night on either hand. In the Philosophy of Disenchantment, Saltus has given voice to that dumb cry and question which has always and must forever rise in every human heart— "I suffer, and is this all?" ...and a review: "MR. SALTUS is a scientific pessimist, as witty, as bitter, as satirical, as interesting and as insolent to humanity in general as are his great teachers, Scho-penhauer and Von Hartmann." —Worcester Spy.

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 45,5 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 : George Cotkin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0742531473

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Reluctant Modernism by George Cotkin Pdf

In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, Americans were faced with the challenges and uncertainties of a new era. The comfortable Victorian values of continuity, progress, and order clashed with the unsettling modern notions of constant change, relative truth, and chaos. Attempting to embrace the intellectual challenges of modernism, American thinkers of the day were yet reluctant to welcome the wholesale rejection of the past and destruction of traditional values. In Reluctant Modernism: American Thought and Culture, 1880-1900, George Cotkin surveys the intellectual life of this crucial transitional period. His story begins with the Darwinian controversies, since the mainstream of American culture was just beginning to come to grips with the implications of the Origins of Species, published in 1859. Cotkin demonstrates the effects of this shift in thinking on philosophy, anthropology, and the newly developing field of psychology. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of these fields, he explains clearly and concisely the essential tenets of such major thinkers and writers as William James, Franz Boas, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Henry Adams, and Kate Chopin. Throughout this fascinating, readable history of the American fin de si cle run the contrasting themes of continuity and change, faith and rationalism, despair over the meaninglessness of life and, ultimately, a guarded optimism about the future.

Author : Thomas Ligotti
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780525504917

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The Conspiracy against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti Pdf

In Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing, an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness) of life through an insightful, unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the products of our imagination but instead are found in reality. "There is a signature motif discernible in both works of philosophical pessimism and supernatural horror. It may be stated thus: Behind the scenes of life lurks something pernicious that makes a nightmare of our world." His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his imagination and turns it on his audience, causing them to grapple with the brutal reality that they are living a meaningless nightmare, and anyone who feels otherwise is simply acting out an optimistic fallacy. At once a guidebook to pessimistic thought and a relentless critique of humanity's employment of self-deception to cope with the pervasive suffering of their existence, The Conspiracy against the Human Race may just convince readers that there is more than a measure of truth in the despairing yet unexpectedly liberating negativity that is widely considered a hallmark of Ligotti's work.

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798640401257

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The Philosophy of Disenchantment by Edgar Saltus Pdf

The trite and commonplace question of contentment and dissatisfaction is a topic which is not only of every-day interest, but one which in recent years has so claimed the attention of thinkers, that they have broadly divided mankind into those who accept life off-hand, as a more or less pleasing possession, and those who resolutely look the gift in the mouth and say it is not worth the having.

Author : Dora Higbee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435018138321

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In "God's Country" by Dora Higbee Pdf

Author : Edgar Saltus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Pessimism
ISBN : UVA:X001996558

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The Anatomy of Negation by Edgar Saltus Pdf

Author : Edgar Everstson Saltus
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1298919126

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The Philosophy of Disenchantment by Edgar Everstson Saltus Pdf

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Author : Ernest De Lancey Pierson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015063924826

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A Vagabond's Honor by Ernest De Lancey Pierson Pdf