This edition of The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler is given by Golden Eagle Publishing - Million Book Edition
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Reproduction of the original: The Samuel Butler Collection by Henry Festing Jones
Reproduction of the original: The Samuel Butler Collection by Henry Festing Jones
The Samuel Butler Collection at Saint John's College Cambridge
Henry Festing Jones
Tredition Classics
2012
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The British author Samuel Butler's "The Note-Books of Samuel Butler" is a compilation of essays and aphorisms. The book offers Butler's thoughts on his surroundings and covers a broad variety of subjects, including literature, science, philosophy, and the arts. Butler makes insightful insights on everything from the value of Shakespeare's plays to the nature of human awareness in his work, which is known for its sharp humor. He also delves into more esoteric subjects like the essence of truth and the compatibility of science and religion. Butler's cynicism and irreverence are evident throughout the book as he questions accepted knowledge and makes fun of individuals in positions of authority. He is especially critical of the strict social mores and false morality of the Victorian age, which he lived in. Butler consistently exhibits great admiration for the beauty and intricacy of the natural world, as well as a conviction in the ability of literature and art to move people and inspire change, despite his pessimism. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler, a collection of essays that gives insights into the thinking of one of the most unique and intriguing thinkers of the Victorian era, is an overall thought-provoking and enjoyable collection of essays.
A Letter To Henry Brougham On Certain Clauses In The Education Bills Now Before Parliament (1820)
Samuel Butler
KESSINGER PUBLISHING, LLC
2010
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