Rupert Owen reviewed The secret of self development by Theodore Francis Powys (Little blue book ;)
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3 stars
Perhaps should have been called 'The Secret of Cultural Development', this short essay by Powys is a championing of the redeeming benefits of reading the classics - one of which being imaginative reasoning, which he deems a deeper cultural logic more aligned with the natural world. It's essentially a short treatise on enriching one's life and attuning oneself to the greater world and its natural inhabitants. I usually devour Powys's short essays with in-depth interest, however, this one held no insightful surprises but it did reiterate some of my own understandings on cultural development, and I must say that it is worth every page of thought on the matter.
Perhaps should have been called 'The Secret of Cultural Development', this short essay by Powys is a championing of the redeeming benefits of reading the classics - one of which being imaginative reasoning, which he deems a deeper cultural logic more aligned with the natural world. It's essentially a short treatise on enriching one's life and attuning oneself to the greater world and its natural inhabitants. I usually devour Powys's short essays with in-depth interest, however, this one held no insightful surprises but it did reiterate some of my own understandings on cultural development, and I must say that it is worth every page of thought on the matter.