Selections From Previous Works
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Selections From Previous Works

And Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals

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  1. 319 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Selections From Previous Works

And Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals

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About this book

Whether you're a long-time fan of British author Samuel Butler (best known for his shrewd satire of utopian fiction, Erewhon) or you're just diving into his diverse body of work, this omnibus collection is an engaging read that's sure to catch and hold your interest. It contains excerpts from both his fiction and his non-fiction and serves as a suitable overview of his unique oeuvre.

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Information

Publisher
The Floating Press
Year
2015
Edition
0
eBook ISBN
9781776591244
Topic
Literature
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. SELECTIONS FROM EREWHON
  5. Current Opinions
  6. An Erewhonian Trial
  7. Malcontents
  8. The Musical Banks
  9. Birth Formulae
  10. The World of the Unborn
  11. SELECTIONS FROM THE FAIR HAVEN
  12. Memoir of the Late John Pickard Owen
  13. SELECTIONS FROM LIFE AND HABIT
  14. On Certain Acquired Habits
  15. Conscious and Unconscious Knowers the Law and Grace
  16. Application of Foregoing Chapters to Certain Habits Acquired After Birth Which Are Commonly Considered Instinctive
  17. Personal Identity
  18. Instinct as Inherited Memory
  19. Concluding Remarks
  20. SELECTIONS FROM EVOLUTION, OLD AND NEW
  21. Impotence of Paley's Conclusion. The Teleology of the Evolutionist
  22. Failure of the First Evolutionists to See Their Position as Teleological
  23. The Teleological Evolution of Organism
  24. Buffon—Memoir
  25. Buffon's Method—The Ironical Character of His Work
  26. EXTRACTS FROM UNCONSCIOUS MEMORY
  27. Recapitulation and Statement of an Objection
  28. On Cycles
  29. Reputation—Memory at Once a Promoter and a Disturber of Uniformity of Action and Structure
  30. Conclusion
  31. REMARKS ON MR. ROMANES' MENTAL EVOLUTION IN ANIMALS
  32. Remarks on Mr. Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals
  33. Remarks on Mr. Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals—(Continued)
  34. Remarks on Mr. Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals—(Concluded)
  35. Postscript
  36. EXTRACTS FROM "ALPS AND SANCTUARIES OF PIEDMONT AND THE CANTON TICINO"
  37. Dalpe, Prato, Rossura
  38. Calonico
  39. Piora
  40. S. Michele and Monte Pirchiriano
  41. Considerations on the Decline of Italian Art
  42. Sanctuaries of Oropa and Graglia
  43. A Psalm of Montreal
  44. Endnotes

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