Philosophy

  • PREJUDICES: Fourth series (MENCKENS’ PREJUDICES SERIES) – H.L. Mencken

    PREJUDICES: Fourth series (MENCKENS’ PREJUDICES SERIES) – H.L. Mencken

    Iconoclast H. L. Mencken was unquestionably the most provocative and influential journalist and cultural critic in twentieth-century America. His volumes of Prejudices, published between 1919 and 1927, were both a scathing yet humorous attack on what Mencken saw as American provincialism and hypocrisy and a resounding defense of the writers and thinkers he thought of…

  • PREJUDICES: First series (MENCKENS’ PREJUDICES SERIES) – H.L. Mencken

    PREJUDICES: First series (MENCKENS’ PREJUDICES SERIES) – H.L. Mencken

    Iconoclast H. L. Mencken was unquestionably the most provocative and influential journalist and cultural critic in twentieth-century America. His volumes of Prejudices, published between 1919 and 1927, were both a scathing yet humorous attack on what Mencken saw as American provincialism and hypocrisy and a resounding defense of the writers and thinkers he thought of…

  • PREJUDICES: Second series (MENCKENS’ PREJUDICES SERIES) – H.L. Mencken

    PREJUDICES: Second series (MENCKENS’ PREJUDICES SERIES) – H.L. Mencken

    Iconoclast H. L. Mencken was unquestionably the most provocative and influential journalist and cultural critic in twentieth-century America. His volumes of Prejudices, published between 1919 and 1927, were both a scathing yet humorous attack on what Mencken saw as American provincialism and hypocrisy and a resounding defense of the writers and thinkers he thought of…

  • PREJUDICES: Third series (MENCKENS’ PREJUDICES SERIES) – H.L. Mencken

    PREJUDICES: Third series (MENCKENS’ PREJUDICES SERIES) – H.L. Mencken

    Iconoclast H. L. Mencken was unquestionably the most provocative and influential journalist and cultural critic in twentieth-century America. His volumes of Prejudices, published between 1919 and 1927, were both a scathing yet humorous attack on what Mencken saw as American provincialism and hypocrisy and a resounding defense of the writers and thinkers he thought of…

  • EGOISTS a Book of Supermen – James Huneker

    EGOISTS a Book of Supermen – James Huneker

    This diverting compilation of essays saw its first appearance in 1909 and explores the personalities and lives of some of the greatest artists, poets, writers, philosophers and mystics who have advocated the creed of individualism, in opposition to the sentiments of equality, brotherly love and socialism, that are so fashionable these days. Amply discussed are…

  • NIETZSCHE by MENCKEN: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche – H.L. Mencken

    NIETZSCHE by MENCKEN: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche – H.L. Mencken

    “The best, clearest summary of Nietzsche’s philosophy and a wonderful medicine for anyone sick with self-doubt or apathy.” In 1908 the first book on Nietzsche ever to appear in English, this examination by legendary journalist H. L. Mencken is still one of the most enlightening. Mencken wrote this book while still in his 20s, but…

  • DAMN! A Book of Calumny – H.L. Mencken

    DAMN! A Book of Calumny – H.L. Mencken

    “Damn, A book of Calumny” is a collection of writings by journalist, essayist, iconoclast and most of all a contrarian H.L. Mencken. This collection is without a clear narrative. Unless of course we consider the personality of Mencken as the real narrative of this collection. He writes with conviction and eloquence, a man who convinces…

  • Youth and Egolatry – Pio Baroja, H.L. Mencken

    Youth and Egolatry – Pio Baroja, H.L. Mencken

    “He is the Spaniard of education and worldly wisdom, detached from the mediaeval imbecilities of the old régime and yet aloof from the worse follies of the demagogues who now rage in the country.”– H.L. Mencken – Pío Baroja is a product of the intellectual reign of terror that went on in Spain after the…

  • The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays – Ambrose Bierce

    The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays – Ambrose Bierce

    “Bierce will remain an equivocal figure in American and world literature chiefly because his dark view of humanity is, by its very nature, unpopular.”S.T. Joshi What needs to be said about Ambrose Bierce, that isn’t said before? A prolific and versatile writer, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) was regarded as one of the most influential journalists in…