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The Philosophy of Style
By Herbert Spencer (1820-1903)

“The Philosophy of Style,” explored a growing trend of formalist approaches to writing.
Highly focused on the proper placement and ordering of the parts of an English sentence,
[Spencer] created a guide for effective composition. Spencer’s aim was to free prose
writing from as much “friction and inertia” as possible, so that the reader would not be
slowed by strenuous deliberations concerning the proper context and meaning of a
sentence. (Summary from Wikipedia.)

Read by Gary Gilberd; total running time: 01:26:55.

= 1-1 Causes of Force in Language Which Depend Upon Economy of the Mental
Energies Sec. 1 — 00:35:49
1-2 Causes of Force in Language Which Depend Upon the Economy of the Mental
Energies Sec. 2 — 00:34:04
2 Causes of Force in Language Which Depends Upon Economy of the Mental
Sensibilities — 00:17:02

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