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The Note-Books of Samuel Butler

by Samuel Butler

Level C1 · AdvancedPhilosophy31 chapters
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About this book

Dive into a vast mosaic of thoughts and reflections spanning philosophy, literature, art, and life, meticulously captured over decades in intimate notebooks that reveal the restless curiosity behind a sharp and original mind.

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Contents

31 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02Preface
03p. 1Biographical Statement
04p. 9I Lord, What is Man?
05p. 24II Elementary Morality
06p. 39III The Germs of Erewhon and of Life and Habit
07Letter to Thomas William Gale Butler
08p. 56IV Memory and Design
09p. 66V Vibrations
10p. 74VI Mind and Matter
11p. 93VII On the Making of Music, Pictures and Books
12p. 110VIII Handel and Music

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