A Philosophy of Solitude
By: John Cowper Powys
3.96
Format: 233 pages, hardcover
1933: by John Cowper Powys - 233 pages - This book is the 3rd printing.
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"Spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity"-Donald Nicholson-Smith, The Society of the Spectacle
2. Nausea
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"My existence began to worry me seriously. Was I not a simple spectre?"-Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea
3. The Way Things Are
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3.97
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..". [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius' didacticism, his passionate conviction and pro… read more
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6. Meditations
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Format: 148 pages,
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3.83
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14. A Philosophy of Solitude
By: John Cowper Powys
3.96
Format: 233 pages, hardcover
1933: by John Cowper Powys - 233 pages - This book is the 3rd printing. read more
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