On the Principles of Taxing Beer  and Other Brief Philosophical Essays (inbunden)
Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
184
Utgivningsdatum
2019-03-28
Förlag
St Augustine's Press
Dimensioner
231 x 155 x 20 mm
Vikt
409 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781587316159

On the Principles of Taxing Beer and Other Brief Philosophical Essays

And Other Brrief Philosophical Essays

Inbunden,  Engelska, 2019-03-28
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What is real and what is noble, as well as what is deranged and wrong, can often be stated briefly. Nietzsche was famous for his succinct aphorisms and epigrams. Aquinas in one of his responses could manage to state clearly what he held to be true. Ultimately, all of our thought needs to be so refined and concentrated that we can see the point. So these are brief essays and they are largely of a philosophical hue. They touch on things worth thinking about. Indeed, often they consider things we really need to think about if our lives are to make sense. The advantage of a collection of essays is that it is free to talk about many things. It can speak of them in a learned way or in an amused and humorous way. As Chesterton said, there is no necessary conflict between what is true and what is funny. Oftentimes, the greatest things we learn are through laughter, even laughter at ourselves and our own foibles and faults. So these essays are brief. And they are largely of philosophical import. At first sight, taxing beer may seem to have no serious principle, except perhaps for the brewer and the consumer. But wherever there is reality, we can find something to learn. Each of these essays begins with the proposition onthis is a classical form of essay in the English language. Belloc, one the essays greatest masters, wrote a book simply entitled ONand several other books with that introductory ON to begin it. The word has the advantage of focusing our attention on some idea, place, book, person, or reality that we happen to come across and notice, then notice again, then wonder about. These essays are relatively short, often lightsome, hopefully always with a consideration that illumines the world through the mind of the reader. These essays are written in the spirit that the things we encounter provoke us, our minds. We need to come to terms, to understand what we come across in our pathways through this world. Often the best way to know what we observe or confront is to write about it, preferably briefly and with some philosophical insight. This is what we do here.
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