THE ISLES OF WISDOM
Moszkowski, Alexander
Editorial: London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1924
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Translation by H. J. Stenning of DIE INSELN DER WEISHEIT (1922).Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] 1-322, original blue paper covered boards. edges of some leaves lightly foxed, otherwise in good condition; in original blue publisher's paper covered boards, spine faded, blue lettering, corners bumped, head and foot of spine very slightly worn. OCLC locates one copy (British Library), COPAC finds 6 further copies at Senate House, Oxford, Cambridge, Trinity College Dublin, the London Library, and the National Library of Wales. First English edition of Alexander Moszkowski s dystopian satire. Narrative trip to a group of South-East Asian islands that subscribe completely to various belief systems. Moszkowski spread the Theory of General Relativity through his 1920 biography of friend Albert Einstein, and one of the islands in this book is the imaginary island of relativity, where births and deaths are not registered. A remarkable and curious work of fiction. N° de ref. del artículo 4138
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Título: THE ISLES OF WISDOM
Editorial: London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.
Año de publicación: 1924
Encuadernación: Hardcover
Condición: Good
Edición: 1st Edition
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The Isles of Wisdom
Publicado por
E.P. Dutton, New York, 1925
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Librería: Winged Monkey Books, Arlington, VA, Estados Unidos de America
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First American Edition. Hardcover, no jacket, about good with edge wear, toning, small chip at center of top front panel, corners worn, Scarce satire of utopian philosophies and modern sciences, translated from German original. Nº de ref. del artículo: 030388
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The Isles of Wisdom.
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London, George Routledge & Sons, 1924., 1924
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First Edition. 8vo, pp.vi, 322; edges of some leaves lightly damaged, otherwise in an excellent condition; in original blue publishers' cloth, gilt lettering, corners bumped, head and foot of spine worn; Paddington public libraries stamps to centre of title page recto and verso.First English edition of Alexander Moszkowski's dystopian satire, an imagined visit to a series of southeast Asian islands which each subscribe unreservedly to a different philosophical school of thought. These utopias are absurd: people's notions of philosophical purity prevent them from appreciating life's variety, and even emotions, like love, which are non-philosophically useful. Contradictions ensue: on the Platonic island the young read Homer and Hesiod to learn classical languages whilst being 'taught to despise the deeds of which the poets tell' as unproductive. Utopias therefore eliminate the inefficiencies and experiences which make life enjoyable, thus, 'nine-tenths of all philosophy whatsoever is sheer nonsense'. On the Island of Perversions, the narrator encounters girls 'in a hybrid dress, half Frisian peasant and half Indian, half nurse and half cocotte. The young man at their side wears a leathern apron, pointed frills, and a shiny top-hat'. Overwhelmed by this sartorial 'pot pourri', he pronounces that 'one would have to take a lot of cocaine to render this condition bearable'. The work reflects the intellectual climate of the 1920s. Moszkowski was crucial in popularising the Theory of General Relativity through a 1920 biography of his friend Albert Einstein. Here he introduces an island of relativity, in which registers of births and deaths are not kept because these 'presuppose time determinations, which had been recognized as insubstantial'. The climate of invention also finds mobile phones on the 'mechanized island' of Sarragalla. Moszkowski explicitly attacks contemporary Europe through his satire: the allied blockade of Germany during the war, which caused malnourishment and suffering, is directly compared to the state-enforced abortion of children conceived by elderly parents on the Platonic island. Language: English. Nº de ref. del artículo: H4866
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