Project Gutenberg 2016-10-11 Public domain in the USA. 81 Muir, Edwin 1887 1959 Moore, Edward Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) 1880 1956 Mencken, Henry Louis Hatteras, Owen Mencken, Henry L. We Moderns: Enigmas and Guesses Introduction -- The old age -- Original sin -- What is modern? -- Art and literature -- Creative love -- The tragic view. Produced by Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature (online soon in an extended version, also linking to free sources for education worldwide ... MOOC's, educational materials,...) Images generously made available by the Internet Achive. "We Moderns: Enigmas and Guesses" by Edwin Muir is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. The work explores profound questions about existence, morality, and the essence of modern life through a critical lens, particularly in the wake of societal changes brought on by war and industrialization. Muir reflects on the modern spirit, championing the need for a vibrant, unfiltered engagement with life that overcomes old fears and moral constraints. The opening of the work introduces the context of Muir's reflection amid the emotional upheaval of post-war society. It discusses the paradoxical nature of the "advanced" individuals who are confident in their solutions to societal issues but struggle with the more fundamental question of existence itself. Muir critiques the modern reliance on realism in arts as a simplification of deeper truths, lamenting the loss of romanticism and the idealized portrayal of life. Through this examination, he lays a foundation for a broader discourse on creativity, morality, and the necessity for a passionate embrace of life, which he believes has fallen victim to legalism and dogma in contemporary culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ethics Human beings Life PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 273898 273903 2024-09-22T07:04:02.606822 2023-09-23T05:38:15.256209 text/html text/html 273016 2016-10-11T10:45:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 277931 2016-10-11T10:46:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 287397 2024-09-22T07:04:06.612803 application/epub+zip 290135 2024-09-22T07:04:03.289828 application/epub+zip 175508 2024-09-22T07:04:02.901800 application/epub+zip 375324 2024-09-22T07:04:09.311768 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360229 2024-09-22T07:04:06.307787 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245921 2022-09-24T06:57:59.646569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257956 257716 2024-09-22T07:04:02.175829 2023-09-23T05:38:14.818205 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 258013 2016-10-11T10:45:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 98425 2016-10-11T10:46:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19711 2024-09-22T07:04:09.443781 application/rdf+xml 22731 2024-09-22T07:04:02.982807 image/jpeg 3151 2024-09-22T07:04:02.938803 image/jpeg 278252 2024-09-22T07:04:02.636835 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 en.wikipedia