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User Review - albertgoldfain - LibraryThingThe elementalism of Powys is more of a powerful opinion expressed through metaphor than a systematic philosophy expressed through logical argumentation. This does not detract at all from the work. The ... Read full review
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH EDITION | 7 |
THE SELF AND THE PAST | 17 |
CHAPTER II | 43 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Philosophy of Solitude |
| Author | John Cowper Powys |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1933 |
| Length | 232 pages |
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