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The Philosophy of Style

by Spencer, Herbert

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A new edition of Herbert Spencer's 1852 treatise, The Philosophy of Style, an exploration of the then-growing trend of formalist approaches to writing. Spencer's treatise sets forth his own philosophy of good writing -- that the aim of every writer should be "to so present ideas that they may be apprehended with the least possible mental effort" by the reader.