On Murder considered as one of the fine arts
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Murder
| Author: | Thomas De Quincey | ISBN: | 1230003110225 |
| Publisher: | AcidBooks Publisher | Publication: | March 1, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Thomas De Quincey |
| ISBN: | 1230003110225 |
| Publisher: | AcidBooks Publisher |
| Publication: | March 1, 2019 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
In this provocative and blackly funny essay, Thomas de Quincey considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically every philosopher over the past two hundred years has been murdered - 'insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher, and never had his life attempted, rest assured there is nothing in him'.
In this provocative and blackly funny essay, Thomas de Quincey considers murder in a purely aesthetic light and explains how practically every philosopher over the past two hundred years has been murdered - 'insomuch, that if a man calls himself a philosopher, and never had his life attempted, rest assured there is nothing in him'.
