Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary from 1911 [originally The Cynic's Word Book] published online http://www.thedevilsdictionary.com/
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"The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical "reference" book written by Ambrose Bierce http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki.... The book offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language, lampooning cant and political doublespeak." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Amira
LOGIC -- n. "The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."
- Amira
REALITY -- n. "The dream of a mad philosopher. That which would remain in the cupel if one should assay a phantom. The nucleus of a vacuum."
- Amira
TRUTH -- n. "An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time."
- Amira
I think I'll buy a copy :)
- Eivind
Eivind - I have a copy. It's a lot of fun.
- Katy S
i have looked up wiki for Ambrose Bierce, something interesting has taken my attention: "He was the tenth of thirteen children whose father gave all of them names beginning with the letter "A". In order of birth, the Bierce siblings were Abigail, Amelia, Ann, Addison, Aurelius, Augustus, Almeda, Andrew, Albert, Ambrose, Arthur, Adelia, and Aurelia." very interesting, isn't it :)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Taha