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Recognized as a top-notch scholar with widely ranging interests and an encyclopedic knowledge of an array of academic disciplines, Samuel Butler contributed meaningfully to late nineteenth-century research in a number of fields. This volume collects some of his most important lectures and essays, a number of which have since been enshrined as important early works in disciplines as diverse as microbiology and the philosophy of language.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 182 ● ISBN 9781776515172 ● Editor R. A. Streatfield ● Publisher The Floating Press ● Published 2010 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6680241 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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