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Speculations ESSAYS ON HUMANISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART By T. E.
IIULME Edited by HERBERT READ With a Frontispiece and Foreword by
JACOB EPSTEIN LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER CO., LTD. NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE COMPANY, INC. 1936 T. K. HULME From n Bronze by
Jacob Epstein. CONTENTS Frontispiece Portrait of the Author from a
Bronze by Jacob Epstein PAGE FOREWORD . . . . vii INTRODUCTION . .
. ix AUTHORS PREFACE .... xvi HUMANISM AND THE RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE I
MODERN ART AND ITS PHILOSOPHY . . 73 ROMANTICISM AND CLASSICISM . .
Ill BERGSONS THEORY OF ART . . .141 THE PHILOSOPHY OF INTENSIVE
MANIFOLDS I I CINDERS ..... 215 APPENDICES A. REFLECTIONS ON
VIOLENCE . . 249 B. PLAN FOR A WORK ON MODERN THEORIES OF ART . . .
.261 C. THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF T. E. HULME .... 265 INDEX
...... 269 FOREWORD HUI. ME was my very great friend, and what I
can say about him is entirely personal. What appealed to me
particularly in him was the vigour and sincerity of his thought. He
was capable of kicking a theory as well as a man downstairs when
the occasion de manded. I always felt him to be my chief bulwark
against malicious criticism. He was a man who had no regard for
personal fame or notoriety, and he considered that his work lay
entirely in the future. His whole life was a preparation for the
task of interpre tation which he had set himself. He would make
reckless sacrifices to possess works of art which he could not
really afford he bought not only my own works, but also those of
Gaudier-Brzeska and this long before Gaudier was well known. Hulme
was a terror to fumistes and charlatans of all kinds. His passion
for the truth was uncontrolled. I recall dozens of little personal
thingscharacteristic of the man but particularly our first meeting.
I was at work on the Wilde monument. Hulme immediately put his own
construction on my work turned it vii SPECULATIONS into some theory
of projectiles. My sculp ture only served to start the train of his
thought. Abstract art had an extraordinary attraction for him his
own brain worked in that way. At one time, in company with a group
of imagists, he composed some short poems with which, had he gone
on, he would have made what would be called a literary success. But
this seemed to him too facile. lyike Plato and Socrates, he drew
the intellectual youth of his time around him. We have no one quite
like him in England to-day. JACOB EPSTEIN. Vlli INTRODUCTION THOMAS
ERNEST HUI ME was born on the i6th September 1883, at Gratton Hall,
Endon, North Staffordshire. He was educated at the High School,
Newcastle-under-L, yme, and at St Johns College, Cambridge. In
March 1904 he was sent down from Cambridge, along with other
undergraduates, for indulging in a brawl. He spent the next two
years in L, ondon, studying in accordance witli his own
inclinations. In July 1906 he went to Canada, where he stayed three
months. He returned to England for a few weeks, and early in 1907
he went to Brussels, where for seven months he taught English and
learned French and German. When he came back to London he began
definitely to study those subjects on which his interest was
settling. In April 1911 he attended the Philosophical Congress at
Bologna and stayed in Italy travelling for about three months.
Early in 1912 he sought to return to Cambridge, and he was
readmitted largely through the intervention of Professor Bergson,
whose letter ofrecommendation on that occasion is some indication
of the impres sion Hulme was already creating ix SPECULATIONS Je me
fais un plaisir de certifier que je considere Mr T. E. Hulme comme
un esprit dune grande valeur. II apporte, a retude des questions
philosophiques, de rares qualities de finesse, de vigueur, et de
penetration. Ou je me trompe beaucoup, ou il est destine d produire
des ceuvres inter essantes et importantes dans le doni aine de la
philosophie en general, et plus particulicrement peut-etre dans
celui de la philosophie de Vart...
This is the first collected edition of the writings of the poet,
critic, and philosopher T. E. Hulme (1883-1917), a figure of huge
importance in the formulation of modernist aesthetic and
philosophical thought. This edition brings together for the first
time all of Hulme's writings on poetry and language, philosophy,
art, political theory, and the First World War. The volume includes
thirteen works never before collected, such as Hulme's account of
the 1911 Bologna Philosophical Congress, his essays critical of
Bergson, his political writings, and his `War Notes'. It also
restores to its original form and title Hulme's well-known
`Humanism and the Religious Attitude', a piece which has until now
only been generally available in a shortened and inaccurate
version. The writings have been meticulously annotated and the
edition is prefaced by an extensive biographical and critical
introduction.
Bloechl (philosophy, Catholic U. of Leuven, Belgium) provides an
introduction to this collection of 12 essays, all of which are
published here for the first time in English (some have appeared
previously in other languages or have been delivered as lectures).
Arrangement is in sections on relations with others, and the
question of God. A sampling of topics: the alterity of the stranger
and the experience of the alien (Robert Bernasconi), Levinas from
phenomenology to the immemorial (Michael Newman), and Levinas's God
and Freud's trauma (Rudi Visker). The volume is not indexed.
"With its signal distinction between 'intuition' and 'analysis' and
its exploration of the different levels of Duration (Bergson's term
for Heraclitean flux), An Introduction to Metaphysics has had a
significant impact on subsequent twentieth century thought. The
arts, from post-impressionist painting to the stream of
consciousness novel, and philosophies as diverse as pragmatism,
process philosophy, and existentialism bear its imprint. Consigned
for a while to the margins of philosophy, Bergson's thought is
making its way back to the mainstream. The reissue of this
important work comes at an opportune time, and will be welcomed by
teachers and scholars alike." --Peter A. Y. Gunter, University of
North Texas
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Speculations ESSAYS ON HUMANISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF ART By T. E.
IIULME Edited by HERBERT READ With a Frontispiece and Foreword by
JACOB EPSTEIN LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER CO., LTD. NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE COMPANY, INC. 1936 T. K. HULME From n Bronze by
Jacob Epstein. CONTENTS Frontispiece Portrait of the Author from a
Bronze by Jacob Epstein PAGE FOREWORD . . . . vii INTRODUCTION . .
. ix AUTHORS PREFACE .... xvi HUMANISM AND THE RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE I
MODERN ART AND ITS PHILOSOPHY . . 73 ROMANTICISM AND CLASSICISM . .
Ill BERGSONS THEORY OF ART . . .141 THE PHILOSOPHY OF INTENSIVE
MANIFOLDS I I CINDERS ..... 215 APPENDICES A. REFLECTIONS ON
VIOLENCE . . 249 B. PLAN FOR A WORK ON MODERN THEORIES OF ART . . .
.261 C. THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF T. E. HULME .... 265 INDEX
...... 269 FOREWORD HUI. ME was my very great friend, and what I
can say about him is entirely personal. What appealed to me
particularly in him was the vigour and sincerity of his thought. He
was capable of kicking a theory as well as a man downstairs when
the occasion de manded. I always felt him to be my chief bulwark
against malicious criticism. He was a man who had no regard for
personal fame or notoriety, and he considered that his work lay
entirely in the future. His whole life was a preparation for the
task of interpre tation which he had set himself. He would make
reckless sacrifices to possess works of art which he could not
really afford he bought not only my own works, but also those of
Gaudier-Brzeska and this long before Gaudier was well known. Hulme
was a terror to fumistes and charlatans of all kinds. His passion
for the truth was uncontrolled. I recall dozens of little personal
thingscharacteristic of the man but particularly our first meeting.
I was at work on the Wilde monument. Hulme immediately put his own
construction on my work turned it vii SPECULATIONS into some theory
of projectiles. My sculp ture only served to start the train of his
thought. Abstract art had an extraordinary attraction for him his
own brain worked in that way. At one time, in company with a group
of imagists, he composed some short poems with which, had he gone
on, he would have made what would be called a literary success. But
this seemed to him too facile. lyike Plato and Socrates, he drew
the intellectual youth of his time around him. We have no one quite
like him in England to-day. JACOB EPSTEIN. Vlli INTRODUCTION THOMAS
ERNEST HUI ME was born on the i6th September 1883, at Gratton Hall,
Endon, North Staffordshire. He was educated at the High School,
Newcastle-under-L, yme, and at St Johns College, Cambridge. In
March 1904 he was sent down from Cambridge, along with other
undergraduates, for indulging in a brawl. He spent the next two
years in L, ondon, studying in accordance witli his own
inclinations. In July 1906 he went to Canada, where he stayed three
months. He returned to England for a few weeks, and early in 1907
he went to Brussels, where for seven months he taught English and
learned French and German. When he came back to London he began
definitely to study those subjects on which his interest was
settling. In April 1911 he attended the Philosophical Congress at
Bologna and stayed in Italy travelling for about three months.
Early in 1912 he sought to return to Cambridge, and he was
readmitted largely through the intervention of Professor Bergson,
whose letter ofrecommendation on that occasion is some indication
of the impres sion Hulme was already creating ix SPECULATIONS Je me
fais un plaisir de certifier que je considere Mr T. E. Hulme comme
un esprit dune grande valeur. II apporte, a retude des questions
philosophiques, de rares qualities de finesse, de vigueur, et de
penetration. Ou je me trompe beaucoup, ou il est destine d produire
des ceuvres inter essantes et importantes dans le doni aine de la
philosophie en general, et plus particulicrement peut-etre dans
celui de la philosophie de Vart...
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