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John Cowper Powys
John Cowper Powys (1872–1963) was a British novelist, essayist, and philosopher known for his expansive and philosophical novels. His most acclaimed works include "A Glastonbury Romance," "Wolf Solent," and "Porius," which are noted for their deep psychological insight, rich character development, and blending of myth and reality. Powys also wrote essays on philosophy, literature, and the human experience, heavily influenced by figures such as Nietzsche and Dostoevsky. His writing is characterized by a mystical and almost pantheistic view of nature, often exploring the complexities of individual consciousness.
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PREFACE What I aim at in this book is little more than to give complete reflection to those great figures in Literature which have so long obsessed me. This poor reflection of them passes, as they pass, image by image, eidolon by eidolon, in the flowing stream of my own consciousness. Most books of critical essays take upon themselves, in unpardonable effrontery, to weigh and judge, from their own...
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PROLOGUE What I am anxious to attempt in this anticipatory summary of the contents of this book is a simple estimate of its final conclusions, in such a form as shall eliminate all technical terms and reduce the matter to a plain statement, intelligible as far as such a thing can be made intelligible, to the apprehension of such persons as have not had the luck, or the ill-luck, of a plunge into the...
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THE ART OF DISCRIMINATION The world divides itself into people who can discriminate and people who cannot discriminate. This is the ultimate test of sensitiveness; and sensitiveness alone separates us and unites us. We all create, or have created for us by the fatality of our temperament, a unique and individual universe. It is only by bringing into light the most secret and subtle elements of this...
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PREFACE This selection of "One hundred best books" is made after a different method and with a different purpose from the selections already in existence. Those apparently are designed to stuff the minds of young persons with an accumulation of "standard learning" calculated to alarm and discourage the boldest. The following list is frankly subjective in its choice; being indeed the...
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