Speculations

Speculations

Herbert Read

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2000
Materia
Filosofía
ISBN:
9780415225601

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First published in 2000. This is Volume III of seven in the Library of Philosophy series on Philosophy of Religion and General Philosophy. Written in 1924, this is a collection of essays on Humanism and the Philosophy of Art by Thomas Hulme who published five poems as well as commentary and various articles. The current volume has been collated from his daily notebooks and unpublished manuscripts as well as his introduction to Sorel’s Reflections on Violence.

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