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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
An excellent collection of aphorisms and brief biographical sketches of the great pessimists.
Largely, the aphorisms or brief sentences were hit and miss, but that is due to the impossibly high bar established by better thinkers and writers. Don Paterson is a much better source of aphorisms in English, for example.
The real jewel of this book comes in the latter half when Thacker tries to analyze the great pessimists. This was enough to convince me to start reading the rest of Thacker's books.
Largely, the aphorisms or brief sentences were hit and miss, but that is due to the impossibly high bar established by better thinkers and writers. Don Paterson is a much better source of aphorisms in English, for example.
The real jewel of this book comes in the latter half when Thacker tries to analyze the great pessimists. This was enough to convince me to start reading the rest of Thacker's books.