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The Aristos

By John Fowles
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The Aristos is John Fowles's philosophical exploration inspired by the ideas of Heraclitus, focusing on the concept of constant change and chaos in the world. Fowles seeks to define the ideal of human freedom—the 'Aristos'—as the best or most excellent a person can be within an unfree, materialistic, and conformist society. The book challenges conventional views on topics such as pleasure and pain, beauty and ugliness, Christianity, humanism, existentialism, and socialism.
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This thought-provoking work is suited to readers interested in philosophy, psychology, and challenging societal norms, particularly those who appreciate reflective and intellectual examinations of freedom and human excellence.

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Two years after The Collector had brought him international recognition and a year before he published The Magus, John Fowles set out his ideas on life in The Aristos.

'A brave attempt to look at the world and to decide what an intelligent man should think about it' Sunday Times 20010730

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'A brave attempt to look at the world and to decide what an intelligent man should think about it' - Sunday Times

Two years after The Collector had brought him international recognition and a year before he published The Magus, John Fowles set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In the world he posited of constant and chaotic flux, the supreme good was the Aristos, 'of a person or thing, the best or most excellent of its kind'.

'What I was really trying to define was an ideal of human freedom (the Aristos) in an unfree world,' wrote Fowles in 1965. He called a materialistic and over-conforming culture to reckoning with his views on a myriad of subjects - pleasure and pain, beauty and ugliness, Christianity, humanism, existentialism, socialism.

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ISBN: 9780099755319

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 September 2001

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 150g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

John Fowles was born in England in 1926 and educated at Bedford School and Oxford University. John Fowles won international recognition with his first published title. THE COLLECTOR (1963). He was immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power and this reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works. He now lives and writes in Lyme Regis, Dorset.

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