Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
These essays may at first give the impression of being no more than hatchet jobs in which Thomas Carlyle, Benedetto Croce, T.S. Eliot, Martin Heidegger, Immanuel Kant, Bishop John A.T. Robinson, John Ruskin, Gilbert Ryle, A.N. WHitehead and others are taken to task for various linguistic imbecilities. In fact the author's purpose lies not so much in putting down the mighty from their seats as in dissecting some common types of worthless writing. The lessons he draws - founded on the theory of human thought and behaviour he propounded in his two earlier (posthumously published) books - have wider applications.
Synopsis
Largely overlooked in his own lifetime, the elegantly written, incisively critical works of Ronald Englefield, in which militant common sense is allied with caustic wit and erudition, are only now beginning to receive the attention that is their due.
These entertaining essays may at first give the impression of being no more than elegant hatchet jobs, giving Thomas Carlyle, T. S. Eliot, Martin Heidegger, Immanuel Kant, John Ruskin, and others the treatment they deserve. In fact, the authors purpose lies not so much in putting down the mighty as in dissecting some common types of worthless writing. The lessons he draws have wide applications in understanding human thought and behavior.