Post-Prandial Philosophy
by Grant Allen
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About This Book
Excerpt from Post-Prandial PhilosophyThese Essays appeared originally in The W'est minster Gazette, and have only been so far modi fied. Here as is necessary for purposes of volume publication. They aim at being suggestive rather than exhaustive: I shall be satisfied if I have provoked thought without following out each train to a logical conclusion. Most of the Essays are just what they pretend to be - crystallisations into.
Chapters (56)
- Post-Prandial
- Philosophy
- LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- POST-PRANDIAL PHILOSOPHY
- I.
- THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE AMONG LANGUAGES.
- II.
- IN THE MATTER OF ARISTOCRACY.
- III.
- SCIENCE IN EDUCATION.
- IV.
- THE THEORY OF SCAPEGOATS.
- V.
- AMERICAN DUCHESSES.
- VI.
- IS ENGLAND PLAYED OUT?
- VII.
- THE GAME AND THE RULES.
- VIII.
- THE RÔLE OF PROPHET.
- IX.
- THE ROMANCE OF THE CLASH OF RACES.
- X.
- THE MONOPOLIST INSTINCTS.
- XI.
- "MERE AMATEURS."
- XII.
- A SQUALID VILLAGE.
- XIII.
- CONCERNING ZEITGEIST.
- XIV.
- THE DECLINE OF MARRIAGE.
- XV.
- EYE VERSUS EAR.
- XVI.
- THE POLITICAL PUPA.
- XVII.
- ON THE CASINO TERRACE.
- XVIII.
- THE CELTIC FRINGE.
- XIX.
- IMAGINATION AND RADICALS.
- XX.
- ABOUT ABROAD.
- XXI.
- WHY ENGLAND IS BEAUTIFUL.
- XXII.
- ANENT ART PRODUCTION.
- XXIII.
- A GLIMPSE INTO UTOPIA.
- XXIV.
- OF SECOND CHAMBERS.
- XXV.
- A POINT OF CRITICISM.
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