Evidence: | 'In the afternoon I finished "Dialectical Materialism", by David Guest - a promising young philosopher killed in the Spanish War. I find that my own conception of the relationship between love and necessity has much in common with Marx's philosophy, and I hope to be able to resolve them both. As a contrast to Guest's book I read, in the latter part of the day, T.S. Eliot's essat "The Idea of Christian Society". Eliot has an aristocratic clarity of style, but dry in the mouth, and if it keeps the mind alert it rarely warms the heart; the quality is fine but lacks fullness; and we savour him in sips, never in a mouthful.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 19 Sep 1940 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Perth specific address: 27 Wilson Street location in dwelling: in bed |
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Reader: | William Soutar |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 28 Apr 1892 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | poet |
Religion: | atheist |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | David Guest |
Title: | Dialectical Materialism |
Genre: | Philosophy |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 25661 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | William Soutar | |
Editor: | Alexander Scott | |
Title: | Diaries of a dying man | |
Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
Date of Publication: | 1954 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 157 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | William Soutar, Alexander Scott (ed.), Diaries of a dying man (Edinburgh, 1954), p. 157, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25661, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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