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The Philosophy of Style

The Philosophy of Style

by Herbert Spencer

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Author
Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903
Credits
Produced by P. Peterson, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PE: Language and Literatures: English
Subject
Style, Literary
Category
Text
eBook-No.
5849
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5849
Release Date
June 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE.
  2. 2.By Herbert Spencer
  3. 3.Contents
  4. 4.PART I. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL ENERGIES.
  5. 5.i. The Principle of Economy.
  6. 6.ii. Economy in the Use of Words.
  7. 7.iii. The Principle of Economy applied to Sentences.
  8. 8.iv. The Principle of Economy applied to Figures.
  9. 9.v. Suggestion as a Means of Economy.
  10. 10.vi. The Effect of Poetry explained.
  11. 11.PART II. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL SENSIBILITIES.
  12. 12.i. The Law of Mental Exhaustion and Repair.
  13. 13.ii Explanation of Climax, Antithesis, and Anticlimax.
  14. 14.iii. Need of Variety.
  15. 15.iv. The Ideal Writer.

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