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On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts
Thomas de Quincey
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Paperback. 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'. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 160 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
'People begin to see that something more goes to the composition of a fine murder than two blockheads to kill and be killed - a knife - a purse - and a dark lane...'
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'.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
2015
Series
Penguin Little Black Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141397887
SKU
V9780141397887
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-40
About Thomas de Quincey
Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859). Thomas de Quincey's Confessions and an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings is available in Penguin Classics.
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