: The Soul of Man Under Socialism (Annotated with Criticism and Oscar Wilde Biography)

The Soul of Man Under Socialism (Annotated with Criticism and Oscar Wilde Biography)

Binding: Kindle Edition
Format: Kindle eBook
Label: Golgotha Press
Languages: EnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Golgotha Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: February 25, 2011
Publisher: Golgotha Press
Release Date: February 25, 2011
Studio: Golgotha Press

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An eBook of Oscar Wilde’s classic essay, this edition includes a short critical commentary on the work; the book also includes a short essay examining Wilde’s life and and works.

In "The Soul of Man", Wilde argues that, under capitalism, "the majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism—are forced, indeed, so to spoil them": instead of realising their true talents, they waste their time solving the social problems caused by capitalism, without taking their common cause away. Thus, caring people "seriously and very sentimentally set themselves to the task of remedying the evils that they see" in poverty, "but their remedies do not cure the disease: they merely prolong it" because, "the proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible."

Product Description:
An eBook of Oscar Wilde’s classic essay, this edition includes a short critical commentary on the work; the book also includes a short essay examining Wilde’s life and and works.

In "The Soul of Man", Wilde argues that, under capitalism, "the majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism—are forced, indeed, so to spoil them": instead of realising their true talents, they waste their time solving the social problems caused by capitalism, without taking their common cause away. Thus, caring people "seriously and very sentimentally set themselves to the task of remedying the evils that they see" in poverty, "but their remedies do not cure the disease: they merely prolong it" because, "the proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible."

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