First and Last Things
Author: H. G. Wells
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Description: <p><strong>First and Last Things</strong> is a philosophical work of 1908 divided into four books (Metaphysics, Of Belief, Of General Conduct and Some Personal Things), in which Wells exposes his beliefs and reflections.</p> <p>The English author affirms that the mind cannot be trusted uncritically, and that beliefs are not convictions, but positions that are adopted. He criticizes Christianity because he does not believe in the existence of a divine-human mediator, it should be noted that this was written before his religious conversion, in fact in 1917 he made an extensive revision of the book, but later in 1929 he published a new revision in which he returned much of the book to its previous form.</p> <p>He states that "What am I to do?" is the perpetual question of our existence, and recognizes that the human species remains unawakened as a whole and sunk in the delusion of the separation of the individual and of races and nations. Other themes are love, death and life.</p>
Pages: 182
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