Riddles of the Sphinx: A Study in the Philosophy of Evolution
F. C. S. Schiller · 1891
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Description
Writing under the name A. Troglodyte, F. C. S. Schiller issued Riddles of the Sphinx in 1891. The subtitle calls the work a study in the philosophy of evolution. Schiller was a young Oxford thinker at the time. His book fired an early shot in a long campaign.
The riddles are the old puzzles of life: mind, matter, God, and human worth after Darwin. Schiller argues that thought must start from human needs and acts, not from cold abstraction. That stance grew into his humanist form of pragmatism. The book stands as the founding statement of that program. Its bold tone still startles.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | F. C. S. Schiller |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1891 |
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 961 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive |