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Essays and Aphorisms on the Higher Man
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Essays and Aphorisms on the Higher Man is primarily a work of moral, cultural, and religious criticism which attempts to find meaning in a world that seems completely devoid of it, and in a manner which relies on revelatory aphorisms rather than narrative deduction to make its argument. An... read more

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Essays and Aphorisms on the Higher Man
by Emile Benoit
Eudaimon Press

reviewed by J Alpha

"For the most part, anytime the masses are given a voice, you can expect that it will be shrill, vulgar, unintelligent, and uninformed. If you deny them a voice, you can expect their... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Essays and Aphorisms on the Higher Man
by Emile Benoit
Eudaimon Press

reviewed by J Alpha

"For the most part, anytime the masses are given a voice, you can expect that it will be shrill, vulgar, unintelligent, and uninformed. If you deny them a voice, you can expect their leaders to be the same."

Emile Benoit's, Essays and Aphorisms on the Higher Man delivers the perfect combination of creative voice, enlightened spirit, fresh observations, and keen insights succinctly woven into universally true expressions of philosophy. And his ability to expand on his emotions and thoughts, while staying on topic, are indicative of the sentiment of 19th-century German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche... one ought to hold on to one's heart: for if one let's it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

As prefaced, Benoit's intention for his collection is to inspire, rather than impose, to incite rather than allow man to settle into a comfortable repose, delighted with himself. And he delivers...

A man must be willing to tell himself the most hurtful of truths, the most devastating of conclusions, in order to ensure that he does not become a victim of his own delusions.

Moreover, Benoit's observations and words, whether conveyed in essay form or philosophical nuggets, consistently retain their experiential qualities and moral flavor. And whether crafted as brief statements of principal, or an expressive essay, each of the pieces in this book collectively reflect Benoit's stated intent to create a book that is as much a work of art as it is philosophy.

In Benoit's own inspiring words...

To read the works of the great artists and philosophers is to participate in a kind of festival of man, such that it provides the reader with a feeling of deeper belonging to his species which is often otherwise missing from his daily interactions with the beast.

And to read the works of Emile Benoit, is to have one's thoughts and emotions stirred by a writer adept at wielding the powerful use of brevity and astute observations to slay the beast of reader indifference.

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  • “I speak only to those wise, sturdy and determined spirits who aspire to reach beyond the commonplace and the everyday in order to discover something extraordinary about themselves; those cosmopolitan souls who are able to inhale the totality of existence and exhale all that would poison them.”
    Emile Benoit
  • “Even the most successful and beloved of artists, who has composed the greatest of all masterpieces, is a sad, pathetic, and unenviable wretch whose life was merely sacrifice if he failed to compose his character in much the same way as he composed his masterpiece.”
    Emile Benoit
  • “The fool who believes there would be little lost to humanity if a few imbeciles were subtracted does not conceive of the possibility that he is one of them.”
    Emile Benoit

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Preface
The State of Man
The State of Nature
The State of Truth
The State of Happiness and Fame
The State of Death
The State of Religion and Maturity
The State of Morality and Ethics
The State of Art
The State of Reflection and the Individual
The State of Society
The State of the Spirit
The State of the Human Being
The State of the Higher Man

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  • Aphorism: A short, terse phrase that embodies a general truth or astute observation

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  1. Emile Benoit (Author)

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