Project Gutenberg 2014-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 94 Gourmont, Remy de 1858 1915 Gourmont, Remi de De Gourmont, Remy Gourmont, Remye L'Ymagier Le Danois, N. Drexelius, J. Coffe, M. Gourmont, Rémy de Bradley, William Aspenwall 1878 1939 Decadence, and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas The first, sixth, seventh, and eighth essays are translated from La Culture des Idées; the ninth is from the Promenades Philosophiques; and the remaining essays are from Le Chemin de Velours. The disassociation of ideas -- Glory and the idea of immortality -- Success and the idea of beauty -- The value of education -- Women and language -- Stéphane Mallarmé and the idea of decadence -- Of style or writing -- Subconscious creation -- The roots of idealism. E-text prepared by Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Decadence, and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas" by Remy de Gourmont is a collection of philosophical essays written in the late 19th century. This work explores the interplay of ideas and the notion of decadence in relation to contemporary culture and thought. The essays delve into themes such as the nature of beauty, education, and the role of women in language, questioning established beliefs and examining the underlying currents of ideas that shape perception and society. The opening of the collection introduces Gourmont's concept of the "disassociation of ideas," where he contrasts the traditional acceptance of ideas with the notion of creating new associations or disassociations. He discusses the creative intelligence required to reframe old ideas and challenges the durability of commonly held beliefs, referring to them as "commonplaces." Gourmont employs analytical reasoning to dissect how ideas associate and disassociate, emphasizing individual thought's role in challenging societal norms and suggesting that the process of disassociation is necessary for intellectual liberation. Throughout, he presents a provocative critique of established truths, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of the complexities of human thought in the subsequent essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Philosophy French essays -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 387578 387405 2024-09-19T13:15:24.828060 2023-09-20T09:18:42.951755 text/html text/html 387322 2014-08-29T16:34:50 text/html 367493 2014-08-29T16:37:19 text/html application/zip 441184 2024-09-19T13:15:31.070040 application/epub+zip 447333 2024-09-19T13:15:26.485044 application/epub+zip 215641 2024-09-19T13:15:25.498075 application/epub+zip 659599 2024-09-19T13:15:34.708020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643574 2024-09-19T13:15:30.386054 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411771 2022-09-21T08:49:26.963838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362693 2024-09-19T13:15:24.259087 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 362746 2020-06-15T20:29:21 text/plain; charset=utf-8 139609 2020-06-15T20:29:21 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 362454 2014-08-29T16:25:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 139357 2014-08-29T16:25:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 362469 2014-08-29T16:27:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 139124 2014-08-29T16:27:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23444 2024-09-19T13:15:34.843023 application/rdf+xml 19276 2024-09-19T13:15:25.860048 image/jpeg 4291 2024-09-19T13:15:25.676061 image/jpeg 429657 2024-09-19T13:15:24.867047 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia