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The Way of All Flesh is one of the time-bombs of literature," said V. S. Pritchett. "One thinks of it lying in Samuel Butler's desk for thirty years, waiting to blow up the Victorian family and with it the whole great pillared and balustraded edifice of the Victorian novel." Written between... (learn more about this book)
In this novel, Butler satirically describes a utopian society, using the civilization of 'Erewhon' ('nowhere,' scrambled) to satirize beliefs popular in the England of his day. Butler wrote a sequel to the novel, Erewhon Revisited.
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Thirty years have passed since Mr. Higgs first stumbled upon that odd and baffling land: Erewhon. Finding himself in possession of a small fortune, and lonely after the death of his wife, he sets out again for that kingdom in the mountains -- to discover great changes have occurred there --... (learn more about this book)
1927. Butler's satirical novels revealed his long interest in Darwin's theories of biological evolution, though he had spent a great deal of time criticizing him. Some now find these books prophetic in their discussion about machines becoming intelligent and the extent to which humans would... (learn more about this book)
Over 400 quotations, some more familiar than others, but all thoughtfully and precisely expressed. Includes such timeless observations as "A true friend is one soul in two bodies" (Aristotle) and "Friendship is like money, easier made than kept" (Samuel Butler). Also, thought-provoking... (learn more about this book)
This particular design may appear sometimes, but not always, nor often. Thus I think that the particular design which St. Matthew had in view whilst he was writing the history of the Resurrection, was to attest the faithful performance of Christ's promise to his disciples to go before them... (learn more about this book)
Professor Hering's philosophy of the unconscious is of extreme simplicity. He rests upon a fact of daily and hourly experience, namely, that practice makes things easy that were once difficult, and often results in their being done without any consciousness of effort. But if the repetition of... (learn more about this book)
Samuel Butler, scholar, painter, pioneer photographer and novelist (author of Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh) was one of the less orthodox of Victorian intellectual provocateurs, who confronted powerful orthodoxies such as the Church, the academic establishment, and scientific Darwinism.... (learn more about this book)
Table of Contents: Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino Cambridge Pieces Canterbury Pieces Erewhon Erewhon Revisited Essays on Life, Art and Science Evolution, Old & New or, The Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin... (learn more about this book)