The Philosophy of Style. Spencer Herbert

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       Herbert Spencer

      The Philosophy of Style

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664647931

      Table of Contents

       PART I. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL ENERGIES.

       i. The Principle of Economy.

       ii. Economy in the Use of Words.

       iii. The Principle of Economy applied to Sentences.

       iv. The Principle of Economy applied to Figures.

       v. Suggestion as a Means of Economy.

       vi. The Effect of Poetry explained.

       PART II. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL SENSIBILITIES.

       i. The Law of Mental Exhaustion and Repair.

       ii Explanation of Climax, Antithesis, and Anticlimax.

       iii. Need of Variety.

       iv. The Ideal Writer.