Publisher's Synopsis
In this clever and illuminating book of modern fables, a distinguished professor of psychology amusingly satirizes various current schools of philosophy- Einstein's relativity, Bergson's vitalism, pragmatism, monism, neo-realism, etc. Said the top to itself in the first fable of "The Top and the Bee," "How do I know it is I that am spinning, and not rather the world that is whirling about me."
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From author's Preface.
As I have been accused of an over-use of technical terms in my serious books, and of sacrificing the style to the idea-a grave defect, I admit, in a philosopher-I have endeavoured in these fables to say the same thing in words that he who runs, or travels by train or motor, may read. If, in addition, he should mark and inwardly digest, I trust he will suffer no harm from my stories, and, indeed, think no harm of them. The Wisdom of the Beasts will not seem a pretentious title, if the nature and limitations of their wisdom, as here set forth, be considered. Some of the beasts turn out wiser than others, but so do some men and even some philosophers. They are all God's creatures. And I shall be satisfied if the reader, who may fancy the views of some particular beast, or (if a philosopher) perchance find himself here depicted, sees his way, in the end, to include the author too in that category.
